Part A:
Ø Title: The catcher in the rye
Ø Author: J.D. Salinger
Ø Year published: 1945
Ø Written pages: 227
Ø Places: The story takes place in New York, America, for the biggest part. It plays in the city centre, in the hotel of Holden's parents, and in a park near it. A part of the story plays at Pencey Prep, a school in Hagerstown, Pennsylvania.
Ø Time period: The time in which the story plays is
around the time it was written, 1945. It’s just before Christmas. The whole story takes about two or three weeks.
Summary:
The Catcher in the Rye is about a boy named Holden Caulfield, who is sixteen years old. Holden studies at Pencey, a boarding school in Pennsylvania. He is bright and tries to be very tough. Before the end of the first trimester, Holden is suspended from the school for the third time, because of his indifferent attitude and bad grades.
It is just before Christmas, and Holden decides to say goodbye to his favourite teacher Mister Spencer, who tries to justify the note he gave to Holden, by summing up Holden’s faults.
When Holden goes back to his room, Ackley is taking a shower. The shower is in the middle of two rooms. The one is Holden’s room, the other’s Ackley’s room. Then Holden’s roommate Stradlater comes in. He asks Holden if he might lend his sweatshirt for a date with Jane Gallagher. Stradlater is going on a date with this girl whom Holden was in love the previous summer. Holden gives Stardlater his shirt. Then Stradlater asks Holden if he would write a script for him. It has to be about space, but Holden writes about baseball. After Stradlater's date Holden starts a fight with his roommate. It is a summary of happenings, but the reason why Holden torn the script, is because Stradlater didn’t agree with it.
Holden decides not to wait until the end of the trimester but to leave Pencey straight away. He takes the train to New York, where his parents live, but decides not to go to his parents straight away but to stay in a hotel until the beginning of the Christmas holiday.
He spends his time in New York drinking and walking through the city with no idea of what to do. He is desperately searching for someone he can really talk to. During this search he spends a great deal of money and looses his illusions. At the hotel an elevator-boy called Maurice offers him the services of a prostitute in his room. He accepts and a few minutes later the girl, Sunny, arrives. He is still a virgin and would like to change that. However that evening he doesn’t feel sexy enough for some reason so he simply gives her the money and sends her away. Afterwards her pimp comes to his room, gives him a couple of punches, and steals some of his money.
The next morning, Holden gives his ex- girlfriend Sally a call and invites her out to the theatre. During the date, Sally meets an old friend with whom she has an intellectual conversation. The friend annoys Holden. When they are alone, Holden suggests that they escape the city-life, so the two of them can live in the woods. They could start an easy life, get a job, and marry each other. Sally says ‘no’ and calls him a ‘pain in the ass’ and leaves him. Holden took his plans very seriously. After this, he becomes even more disillusioned and lonely.
He meets an old school friend, Carl Luce. They have a drink together in a bar downtown, where they get into a fight and Carl leaves. Holden stays and has a lot to drink, becoming very drunk. He goes to the lake in Central Park and stays there for a while wondering where the ducks are. When he regains his senses he decides to visit his sister Phoebe, so he sneaks into his parents’ house. Holden finds the integrity he is looking for through his sister.
Instead of going back to the hotel he decides to go to see his former English teacher Mister Antolini, and asks if he can spend the night there. Antolini is one of the few people whom Holden still trusts. Holden tells him his story. In the middle of the night Holden awakes and finds Antolini’s hand on his head. Holden thinks Antolini might be homosexual, so he decides to leave the house as quickly as possible. He spends the rest of the night at Central Station. After this last disillusionment, Holden decides to run away, and tells Phoebe about his plans-she says she wants to go with him. He tells her that she can’t. They get into an argument, as a result of which. Holden changes his plans and takes her to the zoo instead.
In the end Holden becomes ill and is diagnosed with tuberculosis. His parents send him to a sanatorium for psychological treatment. He recovers and talks about his experiences during those two dramatic days. He realises he hasn’t loved his family and friends enough and makes things clear with them.
De uitwerking van de twee opdrachten in het Engels:
1 Schrijf twee citaten uit het boek die het milieu van de hoofdpersoon weergeven. Beschrijf vervolgens jouw indruk van dat milieu
“I’d only read about three pages, though, when I heard somebody coming through the shower curtains. Even without looking up, I knew right away who it was. It was Robert Ackley, this guy that roomed right next to me. There was a shower right between every two rooms in our wing, and about eight-five times a day old Ackley barged in on me.” (Pg. 30-31)
“We got to the Edmont Hotel, and I checked in. I’d put on my red hunting cap when I was in the cab, just for the hell of it, but I took it off before I checked in. I didn’t want to look like a screwball or something. Which is really ironic. I didn’t know then that the goddam hotel was full of perverts and morons. Screwballs all over the place.” (Pg. 85)
My own view:
In my own view to the environment oh the main person Holden is, that he doesn’t have a cosy home with people around him that love him and take care of him. He is just 16 years old and already lives by himself. His parents don’t live in one house with him. In the beginning of the book, Holden lives, as you can read in the first phrase, in a room at his school with another boy. During the story Holden sleeps in a hotel in New York (the Edmont Hotel). The book gives a lousy and sad impression of it. At the end his sister persuades Holden to come over to her house. Their parents also live there. It gives me a warm feeling: he finally is home with people he loves.
2 Schrijf twee citaten uit het boek op die de gevoelens van twee elkaar kennende personen weergeven. Geef je commentaar op deze gevoelens
The main person Holden gives his opinion about his roommate Ackley:
“They always looked mossy and awful, and he damn near made you sick if you saw him in the dining room with his mouth full of mashed potatoes and peas or something. Besides that, he had a lot of pimples. Not just on his forehead or his chin, like most guys, but all over his whole face. And not only that, he had a terrible personality. He was also sort of a nasty guy. I wasn’t too crazy about him, to tell you the truth.” (Pg. 31)
Holden says he feels about a prostitute named Sunny:
“She was a pretty spooky kid. Even with that little bitty voice she had, she could sort of scare you a little bit.” (Pg.134)
Comment:
Holden has often a critical look at people. It is like that during the whole story. You can see this at the past two phrases. Often he uses the words ‘goddam’ and ‘sonofabitch’. However, in his feelings he does say very sincere what he feels. He tells the truth en doesn’t beat about the bush. Unfortunately, Holden doesn’t keep it to himself and gives free rein to his feelings. Sometimes this can make him vulnerable.
Part B:
Uitwerking van drie opdrachten in het Nederlands:
Maak een ontwerp voor de omslag (voorkant) van het boek
zie bijlage
Leg uit wat je in het boek het meest heeft geraakt
Er zijn in het boek meerdere gebeurtenissen die mij een beetje hebben geraakt en waar ik het mee eens ben. Het stukje met de prostituee blijft erg bij, omdat je in dit kleine stukje heel veel van Holden komt te weten, omdat hij heel eerlijk is over zijn eigen twijfels. Het is feitelijk maar een stukje van 5 bladzijdes, maar een keerzijde in hoe je tegen Holden aankijkt.
Het andere stukje dat goed bij blijft is dat Holden een compleet verzonnen verhaal ophoudt tegen een moeder van een klasgenoot van hem in de trein. Dit is een leuk stuk om te lezen en blijft bij omdat hier uit blijkt wat voor een verschrikkelijke leugenaar Holden is.
Beschrijf wat je vindt van het einde van het verhaal. Beschrijf ook hoe het verhaal volgens jou daarna verder gaat of moet gaan
Het is een erg positief einde. Holden was in het begin van het verhaal nog echt een kind, een puber van 16 jaar. Hij heeft nog helemaal geen verantwoordelijkheidsgevoel. Holden denkt gedurende het hele verhaal dat hij van niemand houdt en hij is erg met zichzelf bezig. Volgens hem is de hele wereld tegen hem en aan het eind komt hij echter tot de conclusie dat dit niet zo is. Hij heeft kennelijk toch wel trekjes van een volwassen persoon. Hij zegt tegen iedereen die hij lief heeft (in het bijzonder z’n zusje), dat hij van ze houdt. Dit vind ik een erg goed aspect van het einde van dit verhaal. Het heeft een positieve invloed en ik ga met een optimistischer visie in het leven staan.
Het verhaal zou naar mijn mening helemaal niet verder moeten gaan, want het is een mooi einde. Als ik dan toch het verhaal moest vervolgen, dan zou ik Holden laten terugkeren naar Pencey school. Aan het eind zegt hij namelijk dat hij Stradlater en Ackley mist. Deze twee jongens verblijven daar nog, in New York. Om Holden echt voldoening te geven, zou ik hem terugsturen en het verhaal helemaal compleet maken.
Ø Title: The catcher in the rye
Ø Author: J.D. Salinger
Ø Year published: 1945
Ø Written pages: 227
Ø Places: The story takes place in New York, America, for the biggest part. It plays in the city centre, in the hotel of Holden's parents, and in a park near it. A part of the story plays at Pencey Prep, a school in Hagerstown, Pennsylvania.
Ø Time period: The time in which the story plays is
around the time it was written, 1945. It’s just before Christmas. The whole story takes about two or three weeks.
The Catcher in the Rye is about a boy named Holden Caulfield, who is sixteen years old. Holden studies at Pencey, a boarding school in Pennsylvania. He is bright and tries to be very tough. Before the end of the first trimester, Holden is suspended from the school for the third time, because of his indifferent attitude and bad grades.
It is just before Christmas, and Holden decides to say goodbye to his favourite teacher Mister Spencer, who tries to justify the note he gave to Holden, by summing up Holden’s faults.
When Holden goes back to his room, Ackley is taking a shower. The shower is in the middle of two rooms. The one is Holden’s room, the other’s Ackley’s room. Then Holden’s roommate Stradlater comes in. He asks Holden if he might lend his sweatshirt for a date with Jane Gallagher. Stradlater is going on a date with this girl whom Holden was in love the previous summer. Holden gives Stardlater his shirt. Then Stradlater asks Holden if he would write a script for him. It has to be about space, but Holden writes about baseball. After Stradlater's date Holden starts a fight with his roommate. It is a summary of happenings, but the reason why Holden torn the script, is because Stradlater didn’t agree with it.
Holden decides not to wait until the end of the trimester but to leave Pencey straight away. He takes the train to New York, where his parents live, but decides not to go to his parents straight away but to stay in a hotel until the beginning of the Christmas holiday.
He spends his time in New York drinking and walking through the city with no idea of what to do. He is desperately searching for someone he can really talk to. During this search he spends a great deal of money and looses his illusions. At the hotel an elevator-boy called Maurice offers him the services of a prostitute in his room. He accepts and a few minutes later the girl, Sunny, arrives. He is still a virgin and would like to change that. However that evening he doesn’t feel sexy enough for some reason so he simply gives her the money and sends her away. Afterwards her pimp comes to his room, gives him a couple of punches, and steals some of his money.
The next morning, Holden gives his ex- girlfriend Sally a call and invites her out to the theatre. During the date, Sally meets an old friend with whom she has an intellectual conversation. The friend annoys Holden. When they are alone, Holden suggests that they escape the city-life, so the two of them can live in the woods. They could start an easy life, get a job, and marry each other. Sally says ‘no’ and calls him a ‘pain in the ass’ and leaves him. Holden took his plans very seriously. After this, he becomes even more disillusioned and lonely.
He meets an old school friend, Carl Luce. They have a drink together in a bar downtown, where they get into a fight and Carl leaves. Holden stays and has a lot to drink, becoming very drunk. He goes to the lake in Central Park and stays there for a while wondering where the ducks are. When he regains his senses he decides to visit his sister Phoebe, so he sneaks into his parents’ house. Holden finds the integrity he is looking for through his sister.
Instead of going back to the hotel he decides to go to see his former English teacher Mister Antolini, and asks if he can spend the night there. Antolini is one of the few people whom Holden still trusts. Holden tells him his story. In the middle of the night Holden awakes and finds Antolini’s hand on his head. Holden thinks Antolini might be homosexual, so he decides to leave the house as quickly as possible. He spends the rest of the night at Central Station. After this last disillusionment, Holden decides to run away, and tells Phoebe about his plans-she says she wants to go with him. He tells her that she can’t. They get into an argument, as a result of which. Holden changes his plans and takes her to the zoo instead.
De uitwerking van de twee opdrachten in het Engels:
1 Schrijf twee citaten uit het boek die het milieu van de hoofdpersoon weergeven. Beschrijf vervolgens jouw indruk van dat milieu
“I’d only read about three pages, though, when I heard somebody coming through the shower curtains. Even without looking up, I knew right away who it was. It was Robert Ackley, this guy that roomed right next to me. There was a shower right between every two rooms in our wing, and about eight-five times a day old Ackley barged in on me.” (Pg. 30-31)
“We got to the Edmont Hotel, and I checked in. I’d put on my red hunting cap when I was in the cab, just for the hell of it, but I took it off before I checked in. I didn’t want to look like a screwball or something. Which is really ironic. I didn’t know then that the goddam hotel was full of perverts and morons. Screwballs all over the place.” (Pg. 85)
My own view:
In my own view to the environment oh the main person Holden is, that he doesn’t have a cosy home with people around him that love him and take care of him. He is just 16 years old and already lives by himself. His parents don’t live in one house with him. In the beginning of the book, Holden lives, as you can read in the first phrase, in a room at his school with another boy. During the story Holden sleeps in a hotel in New York (the Edmont Hotel). The book gives a lousy and sad impression of it. At the end his sister persuades Holden to come over to her house. Their parents also live there. It gives me a warm feeling: he finally is home with people he loves.
2 Schrijf twee citaten uit het boek op die de gevoelens van twee elkaar kennende personen weergeven. Geef je commentaar op deze gevoelens
The main person Holden gives his opinion about his roommate Ackley:
“They always looked mossy and awful, and he damn near made you sick if you saw him in the dining room with his mouth full of mashed potatoes and peas or something. Besides that, he had a lot of pimples. Not just on his forehead or his chin, like most guys, but all over his whole face. And not only that, he had a terrible personality. He was also sort of a nasty guy. I wasn’t too crazy about him, to tell you the truth.” (Pg. 31)
Holden says he feels about a prostitute named Sunny:
Comment:
Holden has often a critical look at people. It is like that during the whole story. You can see this at the past two phrases. Often he uses the words ‘goddam’ and ‘sonofabitch’. However, in his feelings he does say very sincere what he feels. He tells the truth en doesn’t beat about the bush. Unfortunately, Holden doesn’t keep it to himself and gives free rein to his feelings. Sometimes this can make him vulnerable.
Part B:
Uitwerking van drie opdrachten in het Nederlands:
Maak een ontwerp voor de omslag (voorkant) van het boek
zie bijlage
Leg uit wat je in het boek het meest heeft geraakt
Er zijn in het boek meerdere gebeurtenissen die mij een beetje hebben geraakt en waar ik het mee eens ben. Het stukje met de prostituee blijft erg bij, omdat je in dit kleine stukje heel veel van Holden komt te weten, omdat hij heel eerlijk is over zijn eigen twijfels. Het is feitelijk maar een stukje van 5 bladzijdes, maar een keerzijde in hoe je tegen Holden aankijkt.
Het andere stukje dat goed bij blijft is dat Holden een compleet verzonnen verhaal ophoudt tegen een moeder van een klasgenoot van hem in de trein. Dit is een leuk stuk om te lezen en blijft bij omdat hier uit blijkt wat voor een verschrikkelijke leugenaar Holden is.
Het is een erg positief einde. Holden was in het begin van het verhaal nog echt een kind, een puber van 16 jaar. Hij heeft nog helemaal geen verantwoordelijkheidsgevoel. Holden denkt gedurende het hele verhaal dat hij van niemand houdt en hij is erg met zichzelf bezig. Volgens hem is de hele wereld tegen hem en aan het eind komt hij echter tot de conclusie dat dit niet zo is. Hij heeft kennelijk toch wel trekjes van een volwassen persoon. Hij zegt tegen iedereen die hij lief heeft (in het bijzonder z’n zusje), dat hij van ze houdt. Dit vind ik een erg goed aspect van het einde van dit verhaal. Het heeft een positieve invloed en ik ga met een optimistischer visie in het leven staan.
Het verhaal zou naar mijn mening helemaal niet verder moeten gaan, want het is een mooi einde. Als ik dan toch het verhaal moest vervolgen, dan zou ik Holden laten terugkeren naar Pencey school. Aan het eind zegt hij namelijk dat hij Stradlater en Ackley mist. Deze twee jongens verblijven daar nog, in New York. Om Holden echt voldoening te geven, zou ik hem terugsturen en het verhaal helemaal compleet maken.
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