To start our study of Salinger, please read "A Perfect Day for Bananafish". Consider its message and what Salinger wishes to portray. Due on Thursday, September 4. http://www.nyx.net/~kbanker/chautauqua/jd.htm
Read Salinger's biography to better your understanding of what motivated his writings. Due Thursday, September 4. http://www.menstream.com/archives/5006.html
To properly prepare for the symposium on A Separate Peace, review the following website to increase your knowledge of both John Knowles and the setting of the story: Exeter. Read "John Knowles reflects on his youth at Exeter" and view the photographic essay. http://www.exeter.edu/libraries/4513_4621.aspx
Read the following short story for Monday. Consider how the author stages the story and goes about holding the reader. http://www.americanliterature.com/SS/SS16.HTML