New York City Tour

Holden spends two days in New York, a city he knows well. Today, I'd like you to visit the modern versions of some of the places he visits. Look through the links I've provided and then write a short paragraph about the sites you saw and what you thought about them.

Radio City Music Hall - check out "The Music Hall - History" and "The Rockettes"

Central Park - Under "Attractions" check out The Carousel, The Children's Zoo, and Pond

American Museum of Natural History - click on "Plan your visit" then on "Permanent Exhibition" on the right of the screen

Rockefeller Center Ice Rink - watch the slide show of pictures

Grand Central Terminal - Take the Online tour

And to let you explore on your own, take the Virtual NYC Tour.

The 1950s

The Catcher in the Rye takes place during the 1950s. To help you visualize the time period, please visit this website – The 1950's – produced by Mrs. Sunda's class. Browse through the collection of information and follow something you are interested in. Tell us about the topic and what was interesting about it. You are welcome to include other links.

Hypocrisy

Holden Caufield hates hypocrisy – but what is hypocrisy? Read each of the following four quotations. Then, in a complete paragraph, define hypocrisy, using examples from your own life or the media. (Remember, do not use real names of people close to you, in school or in the community.)

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins. We parry and fend the approach of our fellow-man by compliments, by gossip, by amusements, by affairs. We cover up our thought from him under a hundred folds. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Friendship," Essays, 1841

Hypocrite: the man who murdered both his parents... pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan. ~Abraham Lincoln

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. ~André Gide

Most of us are aware of and pretend to detest the barefaced instances of that hypocrisy by which men deceive others, but few of us are upon our guard or see that more fatal hypocrisy by which we deceive and over-reach our own hearts. ~Laurence Sterne, 1760