The Glass Family Portrait Album (5/13/15)

THE GLASS FAMILY PORTRAIT ALBUM

FRANNY

After the success of "Catcher in the Rye", J. D. Salinger began writing almost exclusively about a fictional family, the Glass siblings of New York City, from various narrative points of view. The sublime short books "Franny and Zooey" and "Seymour/Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenters" were about the Glass children, and Salinger's most famous short story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" tells the chilling tale of Seymour Glass's suicide in a Florida hotel room. Most of these stories are fractured narratives containing reflections of reflections of the Glass children, usually related in dialogue and allegedly recorded by the mild, stealthy older brother, Buddy Glass.

ZOOEY

A few months ago, writer Michael Norris and artist David Richardsonbegan working together on a project to imagine the faces of the Glass family members. This represents a creative first, as far as we know, because no well-known film, play or art project has ever emerged to represent these characters. Michael and David previously illuminated Marcel Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" for Literary Kicks, and David Richardson drew the cover for "Beats In Time", the new Literary Kicks Beat Generation anthology..

Franny and Zooey - Discussion Questions, Part II, pgs. 21-44 (5/12/15)

Please answer the following questions. Your responses are due on Wednesday, 5/14/15.

1) What might be the reason for Franny breaking down in the bathroom instead of with the boy she claims to love?

2) Why does Franny dislike Wally Campbell?

3) Why has Franny left her acting troupe?

4) What does Franny explain to Lane about competing?

5) When Franny tells Lane that she believes she is going crazy, do you feel that she is serious?

6) What does Franny hesitate to tell Lane anything about the book she is carrying?

7) How does Franny feel as she tells Lane about the story of the pilgrim?

8) What is the idea behind the Jesus prayer as explained by Franny to Lane?


The Way of a Pilgrim can be found by following this link:

http://desertfathers.webs.com/thewayofthepilgrim.htm

Lane's Inner Conflicts (Journal #2, Marking Period 4)

The casting call?
Could these two people be playing Franny and Lane in a movie adaptation of the novel?


In your journals, answer the following question: How does Lane's background affect the way he handles Franny in the restaurant?
With either an older sibling or a parent, discuss Lane's inner conflicts. What do they think Lane should do to resolve this conflict? Write down recommendations.

Conversations at Sicker's (Journal #1, Marking Period 4)

Franny is in a state of changing and discovering who she is. In this journal, predict how Franny's reaction to egotistical people will move the plot of the story. How will this concept develop the character of Franny?

Be sure to include your classwork in this journal entry.

1) Reread pages 21-44 choosing both action and conversation that show how Franny feels. Write 2-3 quotes from the dialogue and then write 2-3 actions.

2) Brainstorm: What bothers Franny about phony and egotistical people? How have these concepts caused Franny problems both mentally and physically? How have her ideas affected her relationship with Lane? How does Franny intend on correcting these problems within herself?

3) Do you sympathize with Franny's character after you read her thoughts and actions in the restaurant (Sickler's)?

Franny and Zooey - Discussion Questions (pages 3-21) 5/8/15

Please answer the following questions in complete sentences. They are due on Tuesday, 5/12/15.

1. For what occasion is Franny visiting Lane?
2. What time of year is it?
3. Where are the two meeting?
4. When Franny asks Lane if he received her letter, he responds by saying what?
5. Where will Franny be staying during her visit?
6. When Franny and Lane get in the cab, Franny feels what?
7. How long is it before Franny and Lane arrive at the restaurant from the time they got in the cab?
8. Lane and Franny dine at Sickler's restaurant for what reason?
9. How does Lane feel when he gets his first drink at the restaurant?
10. How does Lane feel about the grade he received on his paper?
11. What grade did Lane get on his paper?
12. What was Lane's paper about?
13. Why does Franny regret asking Lane for his olive?
14. What does Lane want to mainly talk about during lunch with Franny?
15. When Franny tells Lane that he is "talking like a section man," what does she mean by the term "section man?"
16. What does Franny tell Lane about the letter?
17. Why does Lane think Franny should not say bad things about her English department?
18. Why does Franny keep apologizing at lunch with Lane?
19. What is Franny drinking at lunch with Lane?
20. What does Franny wish was underneath her chair?
21. What is happening to Franny's forehead while she is having lunch with Lane?
22. What should poets leave behind according to Franny?
23. Where does Franny excuse herself to at Sickler's?
24. How does Lane feel after Franny leaves the lunch table?

Annie Dillard - So This Was Adolescence (Homework Questions - 4/28/15)

Annie Dillard's "So This Was Adolescence" is a section of her 1987 book, An American Childhood. In the excerpt you read in class, Dillard experiences adolescence as an identity crisis. She describes her behavior with graphic imagery and questions whether she might "lose the world forever, that I had so loved."

Please answer the following questions in Googledocs.
Your responses are due on Wednesday, 4/29/15.

1. What "hit" the author when she was sixteen?
2. How does the metaphor of the tunnel and her movement in it relate to the author's sense of self? How does it relate to her description of what follows?
3. What details of her attitudes and behaviors tell you about Annie Dillard's experience of adolescence?
4. What evidence is brought forward that the author was "what they called a live wire?"
5. What does the author mean by being "transparent" to herself? How is that state contrasted with her being in her own way? (In one of the final paragraphs, Dillard actually says, "Now I was in my own way...")

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." - Annie Dillard

Prezi on Theme - Quotes in Writing - Symbolism (3/2/15)

Reminder: Please finish reading To Kill a Mockingbird

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