Review Packet #10
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Part I: Regents Review—making connections
There are many similarities between the song, “I am a Rock” and the novel, The Catcher in the
Rye. However, there are also some differences. Complete the chart by comparing and
contrasting the two pieces. Be sure to refer to specific and relevant details from each piece.
“I am a Rock”
by Simon and Garfunkel
1. A winter's day
In a deep and dark December
I am alone
Gazing from my window
To the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
3. Don't talk of love
Well, I've heard the word before.
It's sleeping in my memory.
I won't disturb the slumber
Of feelings that have died
If I'd never loved I never would have cried.
CHORUS:
I am a rock
I am an island
CHORUS
2. I've built walls
A fortress deep and mighty
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship
Friendship causes pain
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
CHORUS
And a rock feels no pain.
And an island never cries.
CHORUS
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4. I have my books
And my poetry to protect me
I am shielded in my armor.
Hiding in my room
Safe within my womb
I touch no one and no one touches me.
The Catcher in the Rye
“I am a Rock”
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Part II: Reading and Literary Analysis
DIRECTIONS Read the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Then
answer the questions that follow.
The Bill of Rights
The First 10 Amendments to the Constitution as
Ratified by the States
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II
A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and
bear arms shall not be infringed.
Amendment III
No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner; nor in
time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable
searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause,
supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or
things to be seized.
Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or
indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in
actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be
twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against
himself; nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property
be taken for public use without just compensation.
Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial
jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been
previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be
confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his
favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Amendment VII
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by
jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the
United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments
inflicted.
Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others
retained by the people.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are
reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
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1. The purpose of Amendments I through X is to —
a. distinguish between federal and state laws
b. prevent crimes and other violations
c. protect the rights of individual citizens
d. guarantee that all people are treated equally
2. For which amendment did John Peter and Anna Zenger help lay the groundwork?
a. Amendment I
c. Amendment IV
b. Amendment III
d. Amendment VI
3. If an individual chooses not to testify at a trial in which he or she is the defendant, which amendment
protects that right?
a. Amendment II
c. Amendment IV
b. Amendment III
d. Amendment V
4. Because of Amendment IV, the police cannot search your home without —
a. an oath
c. your permission
b. advance warning
d. a warrant
5. Amendment VII ensures that if you are accused of violating the law and appear in court, you have the
right to a —
a. speedy trial
c. court-appointed lawyer
b. trial by jury
d. fair judge
6. Which of the following would most likely violate Amendment VIII?
a. Only certain religious groups are allowed to set up holiday displays at city hall.
b. Bail is set at one thousand dollars for someone accused of speeding.
c. The trial for a person accused of shoplifting is delayed for one year.
d. A teenager is tried twice for the same offense.
7. The Bill of Rights was especially important to our Founders because they —
a. trusted the federal government to protect them in times of war
b. wanted to be the first country to protect the rights of all citizens
c. had experienced violations of human rights in some of their original countries
d. thought the courts should be more powerful than any other government branch
Part III: Nonfiction
Get a Life, Holden Caulfield
By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER-June 2009
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On Wednesday, a federal judge granted a temporary
restraining order forbidding publication in the United States
of “60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye,” a takeoff on
— J. D. Salinger’s lawyers say rip-off of — “The Catcher in
the Rye,” written by a young Swedish writer styling himself
J. D. California.
Until the judge makes her final ruling, Mr. Salinger’s fans
will be spared the prospect of encountering Holden
Caulfield, the ultimate alienated teenager, as a lonely old
codger who escapes from a retirement home and his
beloved younger sister, Phoebe, as a drug addict sinking
into dementia.
But Holden may have bigger problems than the insults
of irreverent parodists and other “phonies,” as Holden
would put it. Even as Mr. Salinger, who is 90 and in
ailing health, seeks to keep control of his most famous
creation, there are signs that Holden may be losing his
grip on the kids.
“The Catcher in the Rye,” published in 1951, is still a
staple of the high school curriculum, beloved by many
teachers who read and reread it in their own youth. The
trouble is today’s teenagers. Teachers say young readers just
don’t like Holden as much as they used to. What once
seemed like courageous truth-telling now strikes many of
them as “weird,” “whiny” and “immature.”
The alienated teenager has lost much of his novelty, said
Ariel Levenson, an English teacher at the Dalton School on
Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Holden’s home turf. She
added that even the students who liked the book tend to find
the language — “phony,” “her hands were lousy with
rocks,” the relentless “goddams” — grating and dated.
“Holden Caulfield is supposed to be this paradigmatic
teenager we can all relate to, but we don’t really speak this
way or talk about these things,” Ms. Levenson said,
summarizing a typical response. At the public charter school
where she used to teach, she said, “I had a lot of students
comment, ‘I can’t really feel bad for this rich kid with a
weekend free in New York City.’ ”
Julie Johnson, who taught Mr. Salinger’s novel over three
decades at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill., cited
similar reactions. “Holden’s passivity is especially galling
and perplexing to many present-day students,” she wrote in
an e-mail message. “In general, they do not have much
sympathy for alienated antiheroes; they are more focused on
distinguishing themselves in society as it is presently
constituted than in trying to change it.”
Define “codger” -
In your own words (based on
paragraphs 3 and 4), what is
Holden’s bigger problem?
Define: paradigmatic
(Paragraphs 5 & 6)Why would
language discourage today’s
teens from liking Holden?
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But Holden won over the young, especially the 1960s
generation who saw themselves in the disaffected preppy,
according to the cultural critic Morris Dickstein. “The
skepticism, the belief in the purity of the soul against the
tawdry, trashy culture plays very well in the counterculture
and post-counterculture generation,” said Mr. Dickstein,
who teaches at the Graduate Center of the University of the
City of New York. Today, “I wouldn’t say we have a more
gullible youth culture, but it may be more of a joining or
togetherness culture.”
The culture is also more competitive. These days,
teenagers seem more interested in getting into Harvard than
in flunking out of Pencey Prep. Young people, with their
compulsive text-messaging and hyperactive pop culture
metabolism, are more enchanted by wide-eyed, quidditchplaying Harry Potter of Hogwarts than by the smirking
manager of Pencey’s fencing team (who was lame enough
to lose the team’s equipment on the subway, after all).
Today’s pop culture heroes, it seems, are the nerds who
conquer the world — like Harry — not the beautiful losers
who reject it.
Perhaps Holden would not have felt quite so alone if he
were growing up today. After all, Mr. Salinger was writing
long before the rise of a multibillion-dollar culturalentertainment complex largely catering to the taste of
teenage boys. These days, adults may lament the slasher
movies and dumb sex comedies that have taken over the
multiplex, but back then teenagers found themselves
stranded between adult things and childish pleasures.
As Stephanie Savage, an executive producer of the
“Gossip Girl” television series, told National Public Radio
last year, in Holden’s world “you can either go to the
carousel in Central Park, or you can choose the Wicker Bar.
You can have a skating date, or you can have a prostitute
come up to your hotel room. There’s really not that sense
of teen culture that there is now.”
Some critics say that if Holden is less popular these days,
the fault lies with our own impatience with the idea of a
lifelong quest for identity and meaning that Holden
represents.
(paragraph 8) Why did teens of
the 1960’s connect with
Holden?
Define: lament
Is this true? Why or why not?
Do you think Holden is less
popular today? Explain.