SETTING - SECTION 4

Where are we?

EXTENSION - SESSION 4

Okay, what connections can you make to your own life, to the world, to other literature you have read?

POINT OF VIEW & LANGUAGE USE - SECTION 4

What do you think about the way Holden tells his story?

PLOT - SECTION 4

What's happening?

THEMES - SECTION 4

What themes are being explored and developed by the author in this section?

CHARACTERS - SECTION 4

Lots of characters -- what do you think of them?

HOLDEN CAULFIED - SECTION 4

So what do you think about Holden now?

Q & A - SECTION 4

Here's where you can ask those questions that are nagging you. And, please, read other people's questions and help them find the answers by posting back.

Q & A - SECTION 3

You know what to do... Ask a question or answer a question!

THEMES - SECTION 3

What are the "big ideas" that Salinger is trying to get across to us in this novel?

POINT OF VIEW & LANGUAGE USE - SECTION 3

What is the effect on the reader of the way Holden tells his story?

PLOT - SECTION 3

What's been happening? What are the conflicts?

SETTING - SECTION 3

Discuss the many places Holden visits on his way home.

CHARACTERS - SECTION 3

Talk here about the many characters Holden encounters. What might they represent?

HOLDEN CAULFIED - SECTION 3

Let's hear all about this wacky narrator/protagonist.

EXTENSION - SESSION 3

Can you connect this novel in any way to your life, the people you know, the world we live in, or to other literature you have read?

Q & A - SECTION 3

You know what to do... post your questions or help your peers answer theirs.