This contains all of my entries for the IB Learner Profile. It will contain my thoughts, ideas and notes about the books that are read in the IB classes and any topics that are spoken about in class.
My Sources Biased source with many facts http://authorscalendar.info/kanaf.htm In Class Notes IB started in Switzerland (not really related to this), Kim Jong Un was in an IB school in Switzerland, no diploma Jews used to live in Israel a long time ago, said to have gone to Egypt cause of famine, Moses lead them out …
Ghassan Kanfani: Biography Notes and Sources with In Class Notes Read More »
War/Violence and its effects- Representation In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden is always pulled back by his less then pleasant memories of the deaths of those he knew, personally and not. He represents those that have seen death and are haunted by it, an example being soldiers and others who have not had a …
J D Salinger was the man who wrote the famous The Catcher in the Rye, and many other stories. His stories continue to be read to this day. But once you have read a couple of his stories, you wonder, why did write these stories, what was his plan for these stories, why the constant …
My Ideas about the Writer, J D Salinger, and his Stories Read More »
About a woman called Eloise and friend Mary Jane have a visit and talk about the old times. Eloise is unhappy, drink and smoke together, has a daughter named Ramona who has an imaginary beau who gets killed and then created a new one treats daughter rather poorly Eloise loved a GI by name of …
“Uncle Wiggily in Conneticut” Notes- J D Salinger Read More »
Holden feels inadequate compared to others- descriptions of others such as Stradlater and other men Mentions that he misses them at the end Reaction to Mr. Antolini- very extreme- may have been molested? or known someone who was molested deeply Comment on how many times he has been in that situation Head Petting perverted to …
“The Catcher in the Rye”, Other Notes- Holden’s Problems and Motifs Read More »
New York City- very busy and everything is running by really quickly, very commercial and dirty The Ducks- concerned about them, kinda cute (ducks), represent the innocent that he is worried about and can’t do anything about it, doesn’t make the connection that they fly South even though that he mentioned it, worried that they …
Skaz- a Russian term that is used to designate a type of first-person narration that is very informal and sounds more like the spoken than actual writing (combo of scat and jazz) Narrator refers to self as I and refers to reader as you The Catcher in the Rye is an example Written as if …
The book has the rebelliousness of teenagers in it, (Holden failing all his classes) Smoking was not a big deal in that time Swearing wasn’t common in teen literature at the time, one of the first Some people really identify with it Was read in the Soviet Union: used as propaganda by the Soviets to …
J D Salinger/ “The Catcher in the Rye” Part 2: Class Discussion Notes Read More »
The Catcher in the Rye is a very controversial story. I am honestly not the biggest fan of this book, but I can see the controversy that surrounds this story with the mention of the main character, Holden, being expelled from school being one of the issues that parents may have with this book. But …
J. D. Salinger, Author of the Controversial Story, “The Catcher in the Rye” Read More »