Cather
The Catcher in the Rye
• Throughout the book, Holden longs for intimacy with other human beings. Discuss the different types of relationships Holden attempts and the different types of intimacy in the book. What is the role of sexuality in The Catcher in the Rye? How do Holden’s sexual relationships differ from his nonsexual encounters? What is Holden’s attitude toward sex? His relationship with Jane, Sally Hawkins, the Lavender Room, the prostitute and Stradlater’s date with Jane? Explain each. Be as specific as possible.
• Holden narrates the story while recovering in a psychiatric hospital from a breakdown. Do you think the promise of recovery that Holden experiences as he watches the carousel in chapter 25 has been fulfilled? Specifically, has Holden gained a more mature perspective on the events that he narrates? Or has he not learned anything? What is the significance of the carousel? Why does Phoebe refuses to get on it but Holden insists?
• “Holden remains at the end what he was at the beginning: cynical, defiant, and blind.” Do you agree? Support your answer by citing from the book.
• Holden, through the course of his search, is repulsed and frightened, not only by what people do to him, but rather what people do to each other.” Discuss. Support your answer with examples. JFK Inaugural Speech
• According to the text, what was the situation in the world at the time of Kennedy’s address? What lines in his speech declares it? Be specific.
• How often does Kennedy use anaphora, alliteration, chiasmus and antithesis in his address? What phrase(s) are repeated, and what effect does this have on the address? Give examples to support your answer.
• Discuss the pledges that Kennedy makes to each of the audiences he addresses. How are they similar? To one audience, Kennedy offers not a pledge, but a request. How does the request align with his pledges?
MLK I Have a Dream Speech
• According to the speech, to whom did the Emancipation Proclamation give
• Throughout the book, Holden longs for intimacy with other human beings. Discuss the different types of relationships Holden attempts and the different types of intimacy in the book. What is the role of sexuality in The Catcher in the Rye? How do Holden’s sexual relationships differ from his nonsexual encounters? What is Holden’s attitude toward sex? His relationship with Jane, Sally Hawkins, the Lavender Room, the prostitute and Stradlater’s date with Jane? Explain each. Be as specific as possible.
• Holden narrates the story while recovering in a psychiatric hospital from a breakdown. Do you think the promise of recovery that Holden experiences as he watches the carousel in chapter 25 has been fulfilled? Specifically, has Holden gained a more mature perspective on the events that he narrates? Or has he not learned anything? What is the significance of the carousel? Why does Phoebe refuses to get on it but Holden insists?
• “Holden remains at the end what he was at the beginning: cynical, defiant, and blind.” Do you agree? Support your answer by citing from the book.
• Holden, through the course of his search, is repulsed and frightened, not only by what people do to him, but rather what people do to each other.” Discuss. Support your answer with examples. JFK Inaugural Speech
• According to the text, what was the situation in the world at the time of Kennedy’s address? What lines in his speech declares it? Be specific.
• How often does Kennedy use anaphora, alliteration, chiasmus and antithesis in his address? What phrase(s) are repeated, and what effect does this have on the address? Give examples to support your answer.
• Discuss the pledges that Kennedy makes to each of the audiences he addresses. How are they similar? To one audience, Kennedy offers not a pledge, but a request. How does the request align with his pledges?
MLK I Have a Dream Speech
• According to the speech, to whom did the Emancipation Proclamation give