AREA OF STUDY :identity (1 Viewer)

[missdilemma1991]

have a speech due on the 27
must find a related text

must relate to our core text: catcher in they rye


im a quick reader a book like that would normally take me a couple of hours max


this book has taken me 6 days
i cannot stand it
it is the most boring annoying monotonous book ever written
its just some little boy whingeing throughout the entire book
which is like 200 pages 26 chapters
SNORE

"and all"


*sigh*

yeah anyway
id really appreciate any ideas on a related text
cannot be another novel .

 

[bored of sc]

Um, I haven't read the book but maybe Peter Weir's film "Gallipoli" is an okay related text. The antagonist, Frank, is cynical and pessimistic and this seems to be similiar to this Holden character you speak of. Maybe it would be cool to go into further detail about the fact that Holden is the protagonist and Frank from Gallipoli is the antagonist and compare/contrast the pair. Also, Frank puts on facades to hide his true personality whereas Holden cannot stand people's fakeness. So maybe that opposite might be a good concept to develop further. Also the idea of the pair both in a kind of 'identity crisis'. Frank's understanding of the world and sense of maturity (e.g. can see past the facade of the glory of war) but in contrast puts on facades (e.g. that he is rich and snobby), and Holden's intellect and sensitivity masked by cynicism and pessimism.

P.S Don't take my word for it.

P.P.S I have no idea about related texts...

 

[porkchops9894]

heya
catcher in the rye isnt that bad O_O
trusdt me, ive experienced worse xD e.g. grapes of wrath...that was pure torture.
xD just get a book about some guy from boy to a man or sumthin
or a maturity of a person "finding their identity"

 

[rdevlin]

Komninos' poem 'Nobody calls me wog, anymore' might be good for characters struggling with their identity. It's a fairly accessible poem.