For summer reading, I had to read The Catcher in the Rye and Ellen Foster. I now need help on the essay!?

Question

I have to write an essay on only one of the books. The essay needs to be on where I think Holden Caulfield (TCITR) or Ellen Foster (EF) will be in 20 years after the novel ends. In the essay, I need a clear thesis with an assertion and 3 supporting reasons. I also need quotes from the novel to back up my assertion. Got any ideas? I need help! Thanks! :)

I have to write it to one of the characters in the book, so Holden can not be dead in 20 years.

Answer 1

actually i think it would be interesting if holden wound up teaching english -- didn't the teacher he go to for help teach english? either way, he does feel safe (for a while) with a teacher. there's the insinuation of holden having an interest in literature, and we know he is intelligent but definitely troubled. sounds like a writer to me. plus, all of TCITR is his own writing from the hospital he's in. good luck!

Answer 2

Holden caulfeild in twenty will have gone crazy, If you read the book you would have figured that out, since he is narrating it from a crazy house at the end of thge book. But I do think that he would either be crazy or end up killing him self. He hates society and all the phonies, but the one thing that really bothers him is that he cannot protect childrens innocence. He is trying to be a catcher in the rye, basically meaning he tries to keep children from growing up. You can use the fact that he has a little sister and when he is hanging out at the school he sees the obsenity on the wall and that is what really sets him off.

Answer 3

Catcher in the Rye; I remember reading this book. Here is a little brake down of what I think of the book; I hope that it helps you, I think this is one of the best books of all time and I will elaberate a little for you here

Although The Catcher in the Rye caused considerable controversy when it was first published in 1951, the book—the account of three disoriented days in the life of a troubled sixteen-year-old boy—was an instant hit. Within two weeks after its release, it was listed number one on The New York Times best-seller list, and it stayed there for thirty weeks. It remained immensely popular for many years, especially among teenagers and young adults, largely because of its fresh, brash style and anti-establishment attitudes—typical attributes of many people emerging from the physical and psychological turmoil of adolescence.

It also was the bane of many parents, who objected to the main character's obscene language, erratic behavior, and antisocial attitudes. Responding to the irate protests, numerous school and public libraries and bookstores removed the book from their shelves. Holden simply was not a good role model for the youth of the 1950s, in the view of many conservative adults. Said J. D. Salinger himself, in a rare published comment, "I'm aware that many of my friends will be saddened and shocked, or shock-saddened, over some of the chapters in The Catcher in the Rye. Some of my best friends are children. In fact, all my best friends are children. It's almost unbearable for me to realize that my book will be kept on a shelf out of their reach." The clamor over the book undoubtedly contributed to its popularity among the young: It became the forbidden fruit in the garden of literature. For some reason—perhaps because of the swirling controversies over his written works—Salinger retreated from the New York literary scene in the 1960s to a bucolic New Hampshire community called Cornish, where he has lived a very private life and avidly avoided the press. Despite the fact that he has granted few interviews, there is a substantial body of critical and biographical works about Salinger and his all-too-brief list of literary creations.

I hope that that helped you; although the other book I have not read and so I can not coment on it sorry.

Answer 4

What Chapman had hostile to Lennon replaced into that once he replaced right into a baby, he replaced into deeply religious yet as well loved The Beatles. He felt betrayed at the same time as John stated that The Beatles were more effective known than Jesus. curiously he replaced into schizo, so yeah he wasn't mentally sturdy. i wager the "phony" ingredient replaced into merely the finest straw. in any case, i really loved the e book yet I disagree that Lennon replaced right into a phony. He replaced into phony for creating wealth? all and distinctive makes money, your income would not make you who you're that's what you do. John replaced into deeply committed to peace and as for saying detrimental comments about the different Beatles, in case you recognize something about the band you recognize that the finest few years were very frustrating on them and messy. they really did not favor to be at the same time anymore and they hated one yet another with the help of the time the band replaced into legally dissolved in 1975. He made peace with Paul various years in the previous he died, that takes braveness. He also mended the relationship inclusive of his first son, Julian. Ringo's "peace and love" ingredient is cool yet i imagine staying in mattress for a week is more effective symbolic than saying "peace and love" at midday on July seventh.

Answer 5

time goes by so people wont have the same opinion abou+t it. base the essay on the fact that u know........

Answer 6

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