Question of the Week (1/27/12)

Each Friday a question will be posted on the classroom blog. You will have until Tuesday, at the end of school, to post your thoughtful response and a reflection to a classmate's response to this question. Keep in mind that some weeks you will have your X-period to work on your blog responses, while other weeks you will be in class. The blog is timestamped and your complete response is worth a total of 20 points; 2 points will be deducted for each day blog responses are late and are considered a zero on the Friday of the following week when a new blog question is posted. Don't forget to post to the blog before this time, even if you are late it is much better to receive some points rather than no points at all. This is an easy way to earn points, but can be detrimental to your grade as the zeros add up. If you are FIRST to respond to the Question of the Week, you will not be required to respond to a classmate's response. Keep in mind that the blog is timestamped, so every minute counts. Click refresh on your browser to ensure that you are indeed first. Each complete blog response is worth 20 points unless otherwise stated.

 

In order to understand the type of narrator in a novel, the reader should answer the following questions:

Chapters 1-7 Narration
 

1. Discussing the narrative technique used in the story.

2. Is the narrator part of the story? If so, how much influence does he or she have on what happens? 

3. To what degree does the narrator participate in the action (just observe, participate some, or participate fully)? Is the narrator conscious of the storytelling and commenting on it or not?
4. Is the narrator’s presentation of the situation and people reliable, partially reliable, or biased? 

5. Does the narrator take the reader inside his or her mind? Is the reader listening in on one character telling the story to another?
6. Is the narration written in the form of a diary or letter? Is the narrator telling a story from a significant time in the past?

In your group, answer the previous questions about The Catcher in the Rye.    

For each question that you answer “Yes,” copy a quotation that supports your answer. 

For example – “Yes” Holden is part of the story.
“I’ll just tell you about this madman stuff that happened to me around last Christmas....” (1).
Each group should present its answers to the class and discuss the observations about Holden as a narrator.