Lit Honrs Project 1 Ali A
Name: Anissa Ali
Date: 5/18/15
Graded Assignment
Analyze The Catcher in the Rye
After you have read The Catcher in the Rye and completed the Reading Guide, answer the questions below to analyze the text and develop a thesis statement for your honors project essay. As you answer the questions, remember that a proper thesis statement must make an assertion about some element of a work of literature and that the novel must contain textual evidence to support or prove or defend that assertion.
(10 points)
1. The first step in developing a thesis statement is to identify a topic or subject. Literary analysis essays can be written about any number of elements, or aspects, in a literary work—its characters, its settings, its events, its language, its images, its themes, or its symbols. The subject of your literary analysis essay should be something that is prominent in the novel, not something that is minor or of little importance. Example: A literary analysis essay on The Great Gatsby might focus on the message that F. Scott Fitzgerald conveys about the adverse effects of wealth on the novel's characters.
What topic or subject in The Catcher in the Rye would you like to write about in your literary analysis? Explain why you think that this topic is appropriate for a literary analysis essay.
Answer:
The topic I chose was the struggles Holden had to go through because of his rebellious attitude, but the way he found happiness not in money or success, but real life experiences. I think this is a good topic because it’s really the message I got from the book. That some people aren’t the same as regular teenagers that desire success in school and to have a big career. Holden goes through a journey of real life experiences to really find himself.
(10 points)
2. Next consider the purpose of your essay. The purpose is what you intend to show or prove about the subject you have chosen. An essay about one of the symbols in a novel might be written to identify and
Date: 5/18/15
Graded Assignment
Analyze The Catcher in the Rye
After you have read The Catcher in the Rye and completed the Reading Guide, answer the questions below to analyze the text and develop a thesis statement for your honors project essay. As you answer the questions, remember that a proper thesis statement must make an assertion about some element of a work of literature and that the novel must contain textual evidence to support or prove or defend that assertion.
(10 points)
1. The first step in developing a thesis statement is to identify a topic or subject. Literary analysis essays can be written about any number of elements, or aspects, in a literary work—its characters, its settings, its events, its language, its images, its themes, or its symbols. The subject of your literary analysis essay should be something that is prominent in the novel, not something that is minor or of little importance. Example: A literary analysis essay on The Great Gatsby might focus on the message that F. Scott Fitzgerald conveys about the adverse effects of wealth on the novel's characters.
What topic or subject in The Catcher in the Rye would you like to write about in your literary analysis? Explain why you think that this topic is appropriate for a literary analysis essay.
Answer:
The topic I chose was the struggles Holden had to go through because of his rebellious attitude, but the way he found happiness not in money or success, but real life experiences. I think this is a good topic because it’s really the message I got from the book. That some people aren’t the same as regular teenagers that desire success in school and to have a big career. Holden goes through a journey of real life experiences to really find himself.
(10 points)
2. Next consider the purpose of your essay. The purpose is what you intend to show or prove about the subject you have chosen. An essay about one of the symbols in a novel might be written to identify and