******February 29, 2016*****English12 – Lackland****** Work Due By Tuesday, March 1st********
- Title a Journal Entry: “Holden as Catcher in the Rye.”
Then, take the first few minutes of class to SILENTLY and INDEPENDENTLY answer these questions:
- How does Holden define a “Catcher in the Rye?”
- Why does Holden connect to the idea of the “Catcher in the Rye”?
- Locate FOUR instances from throughout the novel where Holden’s behavior matches the idea of being a “Catcher in the Rye.” Identify page #s and a brief (one line) tag to ready you for discussion.
- With a partner (or, if the class allows, do it together), read aloud the poem that Holden misunderstood, and the poem upon which the book’s title is based:
Comin’ Thro' The Rye –Robert Burns (1759-1796)
O, Jenny's a' weet, poor body,
Jenny's seldom dry:
She draigl't a' her petticoatie,
Comin thro' the rye!
Comin thro' the rye, poor body,
Comin thro' the rye,
She draigl't a' her petticoatie,
Comin thro' the rye!
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the glen,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need the warl' ken?
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the grain;
Gin a body kiss a body,
The thing's a body's ain.
Gin a body kiss a body
Comin' thro' the grain
Need a body grudge a body
What's a body's ain
Every lassie has her laddie
Nane, they say, ha'e I
yet a' the lads they smile at me
When comin' thro' the Rye
Amang the train, there is a swain
I dearly lo'emysel'
But whaur his hame, or what his name
I dinna care to tell
3. After reading over the poem and its paraphrasing (on the back), answer these questions (stanza by stanza):
- Why is Jenny’s petticoat wet?
- What are people doing out on the rye?
- Why can’t we “begrudge them what is their own business?”
- Why do they say Jenny doesn’t have a guy?
- Why won’t Jenny name her love?
- Does Holden understand the poem accurately? How do you know?
- How you might use today’s work to help you brainstorm for tomorrow’s Socratic seminar, and for Wednesday’s/Thursday’s test, focusing on these two areas?
–THEMES: What key themes are revealed in this novel, how do they emerge, and how do multiple themes converge?
–DIAGNOSIS…or not?
Paraphrased by Stanza:Jenny is all wet from dragging her petticoat (dress) through the dewy wet rye fields.
Yep, that’s how it happened (coming through the rye).
If someone meets someone else coming through rye fields, is it a big deal if they kiss?
If someone meets someone else coming through the hills, does the whole world need to know about it if they kiss?
If a someone meets someone else coming through the fields, and they kiss, it’s their own business.
If someone meets someone else coming through the fields, we can’t begrudge them what is their own business.
Every girl has a guy, but they say I don’t have one, but all the boys smile at me when they come out of the rye field.
Among the long line of boys who come out of the field, there is one I love, but where his home is and what his name is I will not tell / Comin’ Thro' The Rye –Robert Burns (1759-1796)
O, Jenny's a' weet, poor body,
Jenny's seldom dry:
She draigl't a' her petticoatie,
Comin thro' the rye!
Comin thro' the rye, poor body,
Comin thro' the rye,
She draigl't a' her petticoatie,
Comin thro' the rye!
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the glen,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need the warl' ken?
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the grain;
Gin a body kiss a body,
The thing's a body's ain.
Gin a body kiss a body
Comin' thro' the grain
Need a body grudge a body
What's a body's ain
Every lassie has her laddie
Nane, they say, ha'e I
yet a' the lads they smile at me
When comin' thro' the Rye
Amang the train, there is a swain
I dearly lo'emysel'
But whaur his hame, or what his name
I dinna care to tell