Warm Up: Read the Quotation. Answer the questions in a few concise sentences.
“Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.” (Catcher, Ch. 2)
1) What do you think this quote means? Why do you think life is described as being a game?
2) To what extent do you think that you are in control of your “game of life”?
heaviest expectations/lightest?
Notebook Exercise
Directions: Pull a quotation from chapters one or two that helps you answer the question below:
Answer in either a paragraph organizer or in paragraph form. Be sure to have a good topic sentence and some commentary that doesn't just summarize the quotation.
Questioning Authenticity
What kinds of things does he think are “phony,” and why does he hate them so much? What’s the difference between being a conformist and being a phony?
Read Elkton passages in chapter 2
Notice the irony?