Hi everyone,
Begin with a formal greeting, “Dear Mr. Salinger”
Paragraph 1: Introduce yourself, name, country of origin, grade in school, how long you’ve been in the US, and why you’re writing to him (in my ESL class, we just finished your novel, The Catcher in the Rye)
Paragraph 2: Tell him what the book meant to you. Tell him what you enjoyed about it and why, how it made you feel and why, and any text to self connections you made as you read. Be specific. Refer to actual quotes from the novel (go back to your reading logs to do this, and look at your double entry journals).
Paragraph 3: Ask him questions you have about the book. Make sure you are respectful and only ask appropriate questions.
Then thank him for reading your letter and writing the memoir. Close with “Sincerely” and then print your name and sign the letter.
Layout for a formal letter:
Your name
Street Address
City, State Zip Code
Today’s date
Dear Mr. Salinger,
My name is…(see above for all details from Paragraph 1).
Your memoir The Catcher in the Rye meant so much to me… (see above for all details from Paragraph 2).
I have some questions about the novel…(see above for Paragraph 3).
Thank you for your time reading my letter and for writing the memoir.
Sincerely,
Sign your name
Print your name
Dear Mr. Salinger
ReplyDeleteHello, my names is Leticia Cespedes. I’m from Dominican Republic, I’m a junior in newcomers high school. I am 15 years old, I have 3 years seen i left my country and moved here the United States. I am writing to you because I want to express my feelings about your novel The Cather in the Rye, in my ESL class, we just finished your novel.
The book means to me a lot because it express how teenagers sometime act like we know everything, also I like the book because it show my the reality of teenager sometime just don’t know how to express our truth feelings. I really enjoyed how did you use irony in so many parts of the book and how did you use the life of Holden to teach that growing older could be very confusing and challenging sometimes.When I was Reading the novel I made a lot of connections like when Mr.Spencer says to Holden ‘life is a game boy. life is a game that one plays according to the rules.’When I readed this part of the text I started to think about my self and how sometime I don’t do wants right.
Mr. Salinger I have a few questions for you before, what gave you the idea to write a book about teenagers and not adults?, how does the book is connected with your self? and last but not least wha does the book meas to you?.
Sincerely, Leticia Cespedes
Leticia cespedes
Krastina Koleva
ReplyDeleteAlbert Valerio
28-01 41 Avenue
LIC, NY, 11101
12/20/2011
Dear Mr.Salinger,
We are Krastina Koleva and Albert Valerio. Me, Krastina, I’m from Bulgaria and Albert is from Dominican Republic. Albert is in eleventh grade and me, Krastina, I’m in tenth grade. Albert has been here in the U.S for two years and a half. I have been here for one year and three months. We are seventeen years old. We are writing you this letter because we want to share our expressions about your novel called The Catcher in the Rye ,we have read the book in our ESL class and we just finished it.
We felt like the book was talking to us. It was really interesting the way you represent teenager’s life. It made us feel kind of sad since Holden wasn’t so happy at all. He was always, or just most of the times, stuggling with his personal problems. This novel reminds us of every hard moment we had gone through and all of our supporters that had been helping us by giving us some advices in order to achieve in life. For example, when Holden went to Mr. Spencer’s house. Mr. Spencer didn’t just welcomed Holden, he gave Holden some advices in order to not get stuck in the ruts of life. Mr. Spencer said, “Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules”. He meant that in life there will be always problems in your life and that you have to avoid them and never give up.
We have some questions about the novel. We would like to know how did you feel when you finished writing that novel. Also, we would like to know if Holden is like a part of you.
Thank you for your time reading my letter and writing the memoir.
Sincerely,
Albert Valerio and Krastina Koleva
Lin,yun duo
ReplyDelete28-01 41 Avenue,
NY 11101
Dear Mr.Salinger,
My name is Lin,yun duo.I am sixteen years old. I come from China.I study in NewComer High school.I am in tenth grade now. I have been here about two years.I am writing you this letter because I want to share the expressions about the novel you wrote which is the catcher in the rye, I just finished it in my ESL class.
The book really reflect the situation of most teenagers have. They try to hide their true feeling about the life.The views of life changed a lot as teenagers grow older.The book means a lot for me.I get some advice from this book.When I get to know Holden this character, I feel sad about him.The same situation not only occur on him. In the real life, many teenagers also suffer the pain from the life. The life is more confusing and challenging for them. The book remind me of the time I feel isolated,The depression come from pressure of the life.I feel forlorn that time like Holden felt.The quote from the novel said “Life is a game that one plays according to the rules”I think that is really a good advice for me.If you keep trying,you can succeed someday.
I have a few question about the novel. I like to know what cause you to write this book and what do you feel a teenager like Holden did bad in all these stuff.
Thank you for your time reading my letter and writing the memoir.
sincerely,
Lin,yun duo
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ReplyDeleteNaing,Ye Htet
ReplyDelete28-01 41 Avenue
LIC, NY, 11101
12/20/2011
Dear Mr.Salinger,
Hello,my name is Ye Htet Naing. I am from Myanmar in Southeast Asia. Now I am 18 years old. I have been New York for one year. Now I am in tenth grade. I am writing this letter to you because I want to share my expressions about the novel named The Catcher in the Rye that I have read in my ESL class and I just finished reading it.
I learned a lot of experiences from the novel because it express how teenagers sometimes act. I also like the way that you represent how teenagers behave. It also made me sad because of some reasons, Holden became isolated and felt depressed. I really like the way how you used the irony to express some scenes. While I am reading the novel, I learned the idea that growing older is confusing and sometimes challenging.
Mr.Salinger, I have some questions about the novel after I finished it. I am curious that “Do you have the same experience that Holden suffered in the novel?” And also “Are you expressing yourself in the novel?”
Thank you for your time reading my letter and writing the memoir.
Sincerely,
YE HTET NAING
Sun Min
ReplyDelete28-01 41 Ave
LIC, NY,11101
December 20.2011
Dear Mr.Salinger,
My name is Min. I am a17- year old girl who comes from China. I have been in New York for one and half years. I am a 11 grade student in Newcomers High school, of course it’s a public school. In my ESL class, we have read you novel The Catcher in The Rye for almost two marking periods.I really enjoy reading your book in a way.I decide to write a letter to you and tell you what I feel about the book.
Your novel means a lot to me, it expresses many teens’ thoughts in the modern society in a way. We can see many teens also have same problems as Holden has. I really feel sad about Holden when i was reading the novel. Holden was suffering a lot, he has mental diseases and his brother died and he was expelled from Pencey and so many terrible things. I was impressed by Holden had a fight with Straclater, Holden felt extremely depressed and once he had suicide thought and I know that was very dangerous to him.I can see Holden was loney in his deep heart, he wants to have someone to talk to and understand him.
I have some questions through I was reading the novel. I want to know that why you pick up a character like Holden and try to represent a part of yourself during you are a teen.All right, I am wait for you to write a letter to answer my question.
Thank you for taking your time to read a letter from me.
Sincerely,
SUN MIN
Jiancheng wu Daniel Velez
ReplyDelete122-02 13AV , college point
12/20/11
Dear Mr. Salinger,
My name is jiancheng wu, and I from china. I am 10 grade in newcomers H.S. I have been there for almost 1 year. I write this letter for you because in my ESL class, we just finished your novel, The Catcher in the Rye.
Through read this book, I realize that life is not easy for people to live, on the other hand, life is raspy. I enjoyed that when holden talks to phoebe, I saw a real holden, this make me think that even though life is hard and raspy, there are also some good things in there, such like family, love, and friends. This novel makes me evoke the memory of my childhood. In that time, I was a little bit isolated because I get Chickenpox. So what I need to do was leaving school and stay at home until I was healthy. So I had been stayed at home for 1 month, I only people I saw is doctor and my mother. So this is a time that I feel isolated and feel depressed.
I have some questions for you. Do you think holden is a example that reflect your personal life? Another question is do you have any people that is intimate, just like holden and phoebe?
Thank you for your time reading my letter and for writing the memoir.
Sincerely,
Jiancheng Wu
Huiyu Wu
ReplyDeleteNazabat Choudary
12-34 56 St. Queens
N.Y. 11345
Dear Mr. Salinger,
We are the students of Newcomers High School. I am Huiyu Wu and I am from China. My partner, Nazabat, is from Pakistan. We have been in U.S. for about 2 years and we are juniors of high school. We are writing this letter to you because we just finished reading the book The Catcher in the Rye which written by you. We want to tell you what we feel about your novel and we have several questions to ask you.
Your memoir The Catcher in the Rye meant so much to me. We really enjoyed reading the book because it talk about some common issue about teens. We are in the same age as Holden, sometimes we really feel like that Holden is living with us. We also have some problems like Holden’s, and it makes us to think about that when we read the book. On the page 39, Holden says ,”I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddam windows with my fist...” Holden was very sad and depressed when his brother died. We can understand him because we also have that kind of experience which someone in our families left. We also felt sad about that and that effect us and we grow up because of that kind of experience. The book really teach us a lot of things.
I have some questions about the novel to ask you. What’s your purpose of writing the book The Catcher in the Rye? Did you have the same experiences with Holden? How do you come up the ideas of Holden’s experiences? Also, what’s your opinion of Holden?
Thank you for your time reading my letter and for writing the memoir.
Sincerely,
Huiyu
Nazabat
Daniel Velez
ReplyDelete35-27 103st
NY 11368
Dear, Mr. Salinger,
I am Daniel Velez. I am from Ecuador. I am 18 years old. I study in Newcomers H.S. I am in 12 grade. I have been here about 3 years. I write this letter because i want to share the expressions about the novel you wrote which is The catcher in the rye, i just finished it in my ESL class.
I have learned a lot of things in this novel. I think this is something that happen in our society, many kids or teenagers are isolated from their families and this book shows us teenagers behavior, when they don’t have someone who supports them, like Holden He never had someone who supports him or teaches him, that’s why he felt depressed and confused, i really like how you use the irony for this scene. When i read it, i made a connection with growing older is challenging.
Mr Salinger while i read this book i got some questions and i like to let you know. Do you show your life in this novel? How did you feel while you write this novel?.
Thanks a lot for share your novel with me because you left me know many things that i didn’t know.
sincerely,
Daniel velez
Renan Meira; Tsotie Melly Mervine
ReplyDelete28-01 41 Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101
December 20th
Dear Mr. Salinger,
We are Renan and Melly, both 11th graders students from Newcomers High School. We are respectively from Brazil and Cameroon and we’ve been here less than two years. Our teacher assigned your novel,The Catcher in the Rye, in our ESL class. It’s a pleasure for us to be in contact with such a great work of literature and to learn the English language from it.
The Catcher in the Rye is a Great book because it captures exactly what is to be a teenager and, therefore, we feel as if the book was our friend and it was talking to us. when we were reading the book, we felt that great connection between the book and our lives which made us more excited to read more. To tell you the truth, we have never read an interesting book like yours in our lives. As we read the story, we see how hard Holden is struggling. He is a lonely boy and we know it’s pretty common in teenagers. But sometimes we just have to deal with or solve the problem and get out of it.
You know we still couldn’t believe what a surprise ending the story was. The problem is that we were thinking that the ending was going to be something ironical or unforgettable but it was all the contrary. We just wanted to know whether Holden’s problems and how he thinks about the society change in a positive way or it remained the same or they worsened because we know that he doesn’t see people around him as a positive influence on him. Thank you for the time you took to read our letter and for such an unforgettable memoir you made us have by reading your book.
Sincerely,
Renan Meira and Tsotie Melly Mervine
partner:1hua chen
ReplyDeletePartner:2nahiomi
28-01 41 avenue,lic
NY 11101
Dear Mr.Salinger,
How are you?my name is hua,i am from china,in my country,my grade was 11.i have been here for one-half year.i like your story so much because it expresses something opinion which i agrees.My partner’s name is Nahiomi Gil,she is from the Dominican Republic.In her country,her grade was 11.She has been here four-half years.we are both in esl 5 class. we both like your book.
i like this book because it expresses some situation what we have.you use irony to tell us teenagers ofter am isolated and depressed. in the end, holden change his idea for phoebe because he growed older.this shows holden faced his problems and was prepare to solve it.after i finish reading,i have a lot of thinking. it lets me know we need to face our problem and solve it.
i have some questions when i was reading the book. why did holden decide to stay at home?about holden’s sickness ,is it inside or outside?
Thank you for taking your time to read a letter from me.
Sincerely,
your lovely reader,
hua
nahiomi gil
Lin LiYan
ReplyDeleteBeech AVE
flushing,NY 11355
12/20/2011
Dear Mr.Salinger,
My name is Lin LiYan and i am from China.I have been The US one -half year. i study in Newcomers High School in 10 grades. In my ESL class, we just finished your novel，”The Catcher in the Rye”.
I like this book very much.because it shows a real live of teenagers. it is talk about Holden suffers from depression, anger,loneliness and grief,and tries to find a place in the world. It makes me understanding although hypocrisy and lies are around us，we still should live for our ideals. sometimes, i feel pity for Holden,because in the novel nobody can understand him and try to understand him ,i really understand how is feeling when nobody can understand you and doesn’t want to listen from you when you need someone listen from you.how lonely he is!! in the novel it said “i felt so lonesome,all of a sudden.i almost wished i was dead.” after he fought with Stradlater and he went to Ackley’s room, he wanted to talk with Ackley ,that time he how hope Ackley can listen from him ,can understand him.but Ackley not. because those he felt so lonely and wanted kill himself. like this circumstances,i also get it,but i am not as critical as Holden was. but i can completely understand his feelings.
May i ask your a question about this book?the one i really want to know is in the book Holden has many relationships with different people,and also talk with them frequently,why he just thinking they are phony why he just thinking they are phony substitute for making a better relationship with them?
Thank you for your time reading my letter and for writing the memoir.
sincerely,
lin liyan
Dino Koljenovic
ReplyDeleteAmanda
Newcomers H.S.
LIC, NY, 11101
12.20.11.
Dear Mr. Salinger,
My name is Dino Koljenovic and my partner’s name is Amanda. I’m from Montenegro and Amanda is from Ecuador. I’m 17 years old and this is my junior year in high school, Amanda is 18 years old and this is her senior year in high school. I’ve been in U.S. one year and a half, on the other hand Amanda has been in U.S. three years. We are writing you this letter in order to tell you our reaction to your great book The Catcher in the Rye. In my ESL (English as a Second Language) class we just finished reading it, we loved it. It’s my first book I’ve read on English since I came to U.S. Amanda has read many other works of literature on either Spanish and English, but as she says this is one of her favorite ones.
I really enjoyed reading your book and so did my partner. When you are a teenager you don’t always feel like reading, especially if you just got to the new country, learned new language and are trying to get some basics of the new culture. Well, since we started reading The Catcher in the Rye we had ability to find ourselves in it and even find connections from our lives. We were able to see that no matter how difficult we think our lives sometimes might have been, there are always some more difficult ones with more complexity in them. Each page of your novel made us think, made us be thankful to what we have and gave us life lesion. Holden became someone well known between me and my partner and we became good friends with him (we got to know him well as a character and think the way he thought). Sometimes we feel similar to the way Holden feels, we see tons of phony friends around us and we try to stay away from them. We sometimes even deal with isolation, pressure from society and many other issues Holden deals with.
Me and my partner would like to ask you what inspired you to write this novel? Are there any connections that world doesn’t know about?
Thank you for your time reading my letter and for writing the memoir.
Sincerely,
Dino and Amanda
Dino
Amanda
Jing,Huang
ReplyDelete28-01 41 Avenue
NY 11101
Dear Mr.Salinger,
My name is Jing,Huang,I am from China.I have been here about 1and a half years,now I study in Newcomers High School in Grade 10.I am writing to you because I just finished your novel The Catcher in the Rye in my ESL class,I want to share the feelings about the novel with you.
Your memoir The Catcher in the Rye meant so much to me,I’m really fond of it.Because it talks about the teenagers like me.I often feel the same way as the main character Holden’s.It makes me think about the issues of myself when I are reading it.On the novel,you wrote that Holden is very isolated and depressed, at the end.he changed his mind of go away from his family because of Phoebe.This shows Holden began to face the problems,he didn’t escape them any longer.That made me understand that escaping only can make things become worse when we are struggling with something.We should be brave to face problems and overcome it.
I have some questions about the novel when I was reading it.What is your purpose to write The Catcher in the Rye?I want to know why you create a character like Holden?Do you have the similar experiences like him?And do you think it’s the best story of all yours?
Thank you for your time reading my letter and for writing the memoir.
Sincerely,
Jing,Huang
LINLUPING
ReplyDelete28-01 41 Avenue
LIC, NY, 11101
Dear Mr.Salinger:
My name is lin,luping .I am a 18 years old girl. I am come from China.i am attending in New Comers High School.Now i am 11 grade student.I have been in New York for one year.In my ESL class ,we all read the story “The Catcher in the Rye” which is written by you.This the first time i read the foreign literature,i am really enjoy it .Now we just finished the novel ,i think i need tell you how is my feeling about the novel.this the reason i write this letter to you .
In you novel, the main character Holden Caulfield almost have the same age as me .so when i read this novel ,sometimes i have the same feeling with him .Your novel means a lot to me .Your novel show me some different thought of the teenagers ,and i learn something about the true life senses.I feeling so pity about Holden .He just want to find a place to do something he just want to do it .but he can not ,he is struggle about this .He is feeling so depressed about the life and also there is nothing is Holden like .He want to someone can talking with him ,can never hurt him ,once the Allie is the person like that ,but Allie is dead now ,so Holden lose the hope to live .
I have a question about the novel and i want to ask you ,i want to known why you choice the main character like Holden ,and give him that kind of the characterization? i read some information about you ,and i know you have the same experience with the Holden ,why you write the experience of Holden like you ?you want to show yourself through Holden?
I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Best regards,
linluping
12/21/2011
ZhuoJingLiang
ReplyDelete95-03 Elmhurst
NY 11373
Dear Mr.Salinger
My name is ZhuoJingLiang.I am from FuJian China.I am in grade 11. I have been there for 1 year and 8 months.I am writing a letter to you,because in my ESL class,we just finished “the
catcher in the rye”
I like this book,because everything in the book is about our teenagers. We can see the main character named Holden suffered from so many problems. It made me feel sad. In our real life
many teenagers also have these problems, they feel very lonely and nobody understand them.
But in the story.I can felt that Holden love his sister Phoebe and his brother Alie a lot. I saw the true love in the story. When I was in his age.I almost felt like Holden.I did not want to talk to my
mother.I thought that she was noisy.All I did was put everything in my mind. I thought that if I would tell her about something,she would tell me more than 10 times of mine.So I kept everything in my mind.But now I know that was the love and care she gave me.
Mr.Salinger, I want to ask your a personal question. How did you feel during you were writing
the story? I know that something happened in the story was also happened in your real life.
How did you feel about it ? Mr.Salinger.
Liwen Li
ReplyDelete28-01 41 Avenue
LIC, NY, 11101
12/21/11
Dear Mr. Salinger,
My name is Liwen, and I’m from China. I have been here for almost two years. Now I’m in grade 10 in Newcomers high school. I starting to write this letter to you because in my ESL class, we just finished your novel, “ The Catcher in the Rye”.
Your memoir “The Catcher in the Rye” meant so much to me. The main character, Holden, he’s a teenager as my age, but he experienced much sadness, difficulties, and bad things than me. In the novel, it shows the conflicts between Holden and his family, school, friends, and the world. I learn many things from it. Every time when I read that Holden got into trouble and became depressed and no one helped him, I felt sorry about him, because I have a much happier life, when I was happy, I can shared my feeling with others, when I was unhappy, someone were stay with me. But Holden was not, he’s isolated. In page 13, it said “I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all ice frozen over. I wondered if some guy came in a truck and took them away to a zoo or something. Or the just flew away.”, it shows Holden was really helpless and he really want someone to help him at that time.
I have some questions about the novel, how Holden feels about his past and will he tell Jane that he really loves her?
Thank you for your time reading my letter and for writing the memoir.
Sincerely,
Liwen Li
“Life is a game that one plays according to the rules”
ReplyDeleteParagraph 1: Introduce yourself, name, country of origin, grade in school, how long you’ve been in the US, and why you’re writing to him (in my ESL class, we just finished your novel, The Catcher in the Rye)Dear, Mr. Salinger,
ReplyDeleteI am Carlos Sigua. I am from Ecuador. I am 17 years old. I study in Newcomers H.S. I am in 11grade. I have been here about 3 years. II write this letter for you because in my ESL class, we just finished your novel, The Catcher in the Rye.
Paragraph 2: Tell him what the book meant to you. Tell him what you enjoyed about it and why, how it made you feel and why, and any text to self connections you made as you read. Be specific. Refer to actual quotes from the novel (go back to your reading logs to do this, and look at your double entry journals).
I have learned a lot of things in this novel. I think this is something that happen in our society, many kids or teenagers are isolated from their families.
Paragraph 3: Ask him questions you have about the book. Make sure you are respectful and only ask appropriate questions.
Then thank him for reading your letter and writing the memoir. Close with “Sincerely” and then print your name and sign the letter.
I have some questions for you. Do you think holden is a example that reflect your personal life? Another question is do you have any people that is intimate, just like holden and phoebe?
Thank you for your time reading my letter and for writing the memoir.
A LETTER TO J.D.SALINGER
ReplyDeleteRutledge Ioannis
32....str
N.Y.,Queens,11372
12/21/2011
Dear Mr. Salinger,
My name is Rutledge Ioannis and I am from Greece.I have just come to the United States and I can ensure you I am taking my time in here. I am at tenth grade at a N.Y.C. school, called Newcomers H.S., which undeniably is one of the best. I would just like to inform you that in my ESL class, we have just finished your novel, The Catcher in the Rye.
The reason I am writing to you is because I found your memoir The Catcher in the Rye brilliant.I have never read so great a novel in my entire life! I enjoyed every part of the book because it had the aptitude to keep me in anxiety all time long! Sometimes it made me recall old memories of my childhood , when I was having a bad time defending myself and thus feeling depressed. Memories! They always have the capacity to etch themselves in people’s minds! Anyway, Holden really made me feel pleased whenever I heard him say that he wasn’t in the mood of doing something, due to me remembering doing the same and I am pretty happy to not be experiencing it again. For instance, on page 75 you refer to Holden saying: ‘’ New York’s terrible when somebody laughs on the street very late at night. You can hear it for miles. It makes you feel so lonesome and depressed.’’Or another good quote on page 14: ‘’I didn’t like hearing him saying that. It made me sound dead or something. It was very depressing.’’ I have to admit that this novel really means too much for me.
I would deeply appreciate it whether you could answer some of my questions.First of all, how were you feeling while writing this novel? I acknowledge it might be a difficult question for you to answer, but really does Holden reflect your ideas,beliefs and life or not? I am quite curious about that and I would really like to know.
I would really like to thank you for wasting little of your time for me. Thank you beforehand for your swift reply. I would be grateful if you could answer me.I am looking forward to your reply.Thank you for writing the memoir.
yours sincerely,
Rutledge Ioannis Konstantinos
CHEN,YANXI
ReplyDelete28-01 41 Avenue
LIC , N.Y. 11101
12/21/2011
Dear.Mr.Salinger
My name is Chen.yanxi.I am from China and I have migrated to U.S since i finished middle school.I have been there about 8 months.I am 10 grade in Newcomers High School.I am writing to you because I just finished your novel,The Catcher in the Rye.And I have some expressions and questions about this novel to ask you.
I like this book so much because it shows that common teenagers have many problems in their study and life.It exhibits our confusing feelings and unique views about the world and people.This book reflects we teenagers are being in dangerous edge that can’t extricate ourselves.It inspires me how to adjust myself mentality and solve my problems during dealing with study and relationship between society and myself and the people all over the world to deep consideration how to educate teenagers well.It triggers my different emotion about teenagers.For example, I am pleasure that Holden has the same ideas about the world and people.I am unanimous that the world is filled with many phony and swanky people.As Holden said “People never give your message to anybody” in page 149.This shows growing older would change people and being child never acts phony and self-fish.It shows my true feeling about the growing older.I am unwilling to grow older because I will confront many difficulties and conflict that I can’t control well.Holden referred that “Nobody would be different.The only thing that would be different would be you” in page 121.This shows us growing older is confusing and challenging.However,there are many raspy curses that make me feel bad about Holden because I don’t like saying something bad words behind others that they don’t know.
I also have some qualms to ask you.How do you feel about Holden’s comment about you?Will you be angry about it?Do you think Holden will be better if he accept others’ advice and is changing better little by little ?Why or why not?Do you really care about Holden?What do you think of yourself?Are you also a phony people?
Thank you for your time reading my letter and for writing the memoir.
Sincerely,
CHEN,YANXI
Fahameda Hassan
ReplyDelete36-05, 29 th street
Astoria, NY, 11106
12/21/2011
Dear Mr. Salinger
My name is Fahameda Hassan. I am from Bangladesh. I’m in 10 grade. Actually I have been here in the USA for 1 and half year. I am writing you this letter because I want to share our expressions about your novel called The Catcher in the Rye because we have read the book in our ESL class and we just finished it. I really enjoyed reading it and it is really a interesting novel where a teenager name Holder were struggling.
Your memoir The Catcher in the Rye meant so much to me.I really enjoyed reading the book because it talk about some common issue about teenagers. I felt very excited while I was reading because it felt like the whole book is talking to me. I learned a lot of things by reading it and it is fully connected to our real life. Sometimes I felt very sorry for Holden and if I were there then, I would try to help him to get rid of his problems. This novel expresses many teens’ thoughts in the modern society in a way. We can see many teens also have same problems as Holden has. I feel very gloomy when i think about it like how can it be possible to live when no one is around you and We always need someone to talk with, to share our happiness and sadness with. I thing I want to mention that I’m in the same age as Holden, sometimes I also feel like that Holden is living with me. I have some problems so Holden does, and it makes me to think about that situation when i was reading the novel. On the page 39, Holden says ,”I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddam windows with my fist...” Holden was very sad and depressed when his brother died. I can understand him because I also have that kind of experience and I also lost my family members whom were very important to me. I’m still missing them so much and it effect me in some parts of my life. The book really teach us a lot of things.
I really appreciate that it was such a best novel that I have ever read in my life. Your novel let me know about many things that usually happen to many peoples life and sometimes I also feel same as Holden felt. I have some question for you. My first question is “ Is this a real story of someones life? What is your purpose to show a isolated teenager like Holden? Did have the same experience as Holden does? How did you come up the ideas of Holden’s experiences?
Thank you for your patient and I appreciate that you would take your important time to read my letter and for writing the memoir.
Sincerely,
Fahameda Hassan
Rookhsana Abreen
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N.Y Queens,11377
12.22.2011
Dear Mr. Salinger
Hello, My name is Lissette Rodriguez, I’m from Dominican Republic and I'm in 11Th grade.I'm 17 years old. I have been here for two and half year in the U.S....Hi,My name is Rookhsana Abreen.I’m from Bangladesh and I’m in 11Th grade.I’m 17 years old.one and half year before i came in U.S. We just finished your novel (The Catcher in the Rye)in my ESL class which is very interesting.
we like this book because it’s remind me some of moment which we spent alone,felt superficiality, isolated from rest of the world like Holden felt.This book reflect the situation of teenager.By Holden we get many advice like Too much depression can spoil teenager.The book means a lot to us.after reading this book we feel sorry for him.the quote from the book: “Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.”it show that in your life if you follow the rule,success always follow you.it’s really a good advice for all teenagers.
we have some Question to ask you , our first question is why you write this type of novel? and ours second question is what was your feeling when you write this type of novel? I am little curious about that and I would really like to know.
Thank you for your time reading my letter and for writing the memoir.
Sincerely,
Rookhsana Abreen, Lissette Rodriguez
WushanXue
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LIC,NY,11101
12-21-2011
Dear Mr.Salinger.
My name is WushanXue. I am immigrant from China. I am a student of Newcomers High School who study inn grade 11. I have been in United States for more than one year. I read your novel ”The Catcher In The Rye” in my ESL class, and I just finished it.
I like this novel, because it is about teenagers’ growing up. In the novel, I can see many troubles the main character-Holden made as like I made. I learn so much from the novel. This novel also remind me about my teenage period. I think everyone has different feelings when he grows up. When I grew up,I was tired about everything, even my family. I remember that at that time, I really felt tired about everything, like family and study. But now I changed a lot. I learned a lot. I know how to understand parents’ feeling and how to face problems and solve them .
Mr.Salinger, I have some questions want to ask you,could I? what cause you to write this novel? Why you choose the topic of your novel is teenager s’ challenges? What are the similar between yourself and Holden?
Than you for reading my letter and writing memoir.
Sincerely,
WushanXue
WushanXue
charmant jesuka
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NY 11434
Dear Mr.Salinger,
My name is charmant jesuka .I am sixteen years old. I come from Haiti.I’m studying in NewComes High school.I am in tenth grade now. I have been here about two years.I am writing you this letter because I want to share the expressions about the book that you wrote which is the catcher in the rye, I just finished it in my ESL class.
The book really reflect the situation of most teenagers have. They try to hide their true feeling about the life.The book means a lot for me.I get some advice that can help me for my future from this book. I felt sad about Holden because the way he is behaving himself. many teenagers also suffer the pain from the life. The life is more confusing and challenging for them. The book remind me of the time i didn’t apply my self the quote that remember me of that is “Life is a game that one plays according to the rules”it remind me of this because at that time my dad kept telling me that life is a game so i supposed to know how to play it normally
I have a few question about the book is Have you experience the same thing as Holden? how did you come up with the idea of writing this book?
Thank you for your time reading my letter and for writing the memoir.I waiting for your reply.
Progga Chakraborty
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12324
12/21/2011
Dear Mr. Salinger
My name is Progga Chakraborty. I am from Bangladesh. I’m in 11 grade. Actually I have been here in the USA for 1 and half year. I am writing you this letter because I want to share our expressions about your novel called The Catcher in the Rye because we have read the book in our ESL class and we just finished it. I really enjoyed reading it and it is really a interesting novel where a teenager name Holder were struggling.
Your memoir The Catcher in the Rye meant so much to me.I really enjoyed reading the book because it talk about some common issue about teenagers. I felt very excited while I was reading because it felt like the whole book is talking to me. I learned a lot of things by reading it and it is fully connected to our real life. Sometimes I felt very sorry for Holden and if I were there then, I would try to help him to get rid of his problems. This novel expresses many teens’ thoughts in the modern society in a way. We can see many teens also have same problems as Holden has. I feel very gloomy when i think about it like how can it be possible to live when no one is around you and We always need someone to talk with, to share our happiness and sadness with. I thing I want to mention that I’m in the same age as Holden, sometimes I also feel like that Holden is living with me. I have some problems so Holden does, and it makes me to think about that situation when i was reading the novel. On the page 39, Holden says ,”I slept in the garage the night he died, and I broke all the goddamn windows with my fist...” Holden was very sad and depressed when his brother died. I can understand him because I also have that kind of experience and I also lost my family members whom were very important to me. I’m still missing them so much and it effect me in some parts of my life. The book really teach us a lot of things.
I really appreciate that it was such a best novel that I have ever read in my life. Your novel let me know about many things that usually happen to many peoples life and sometimes I also feel same as Holden felt. I have some question for you. My first question is “ Is this a real story of someones life? What is your purpose to show a isolated teenager like Holden? Did have the same experience as Holden does? How did you come up the ideas of Holden’s experiences?
Thank you for your patient and I appreciate that you would take your important time to read my letter and for writing the memoir.
Sincerely,
Progga Chakraborty
Rosa Medina
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East Elmhurst, NY 11369
December 22, 2011
Dear Mr. Salinger,
My name is Rosa Medina. I am 17 years old. I’m from Peru. I am senior in Newcomers High School. I have 2 years and 6 months seen I left my country and moved here to United States. I am writing you this letter because I want to share the expressions about the novel you wrote called, “The Catcher in the Rye”, I just finished it in my ESL class.
Your memoir The Catcher in the Rye meant so much to me because in this book shows how some teenagers behave as they want and act of a wrong way. Also, I can see the some teenagers is difficult to express its true feelings. I enjoyed reading your book when in some paragraphs you set as example the life of Holden to show that growing olden can be confunsing and challenging. I feel sad about him. In this time, many teenagers also suffer the pain from the life. The life is more confusing and challenging for them. The book remind me of the time I feel isolated,when the depression come from pressure of the life.I feel forlorn that time like Holden felt.The quote from the novel said “Life is a game that one plays according to the rules”I think that is really a good advice for me.If you keep trying,you can succeed someday.
I have some questions about the novel, in what or whom inspired you to write this novel? and, how did you feel while you write this novel?.
Thank you for your time reading my letter and for writing the memoir.
Sincerely,
Rosa
Rosa Medina
Dear Min,
ReplyDeleteI like the letter you wrote to J.D. Salinger. I agree with you. The novel Salinger wrote affects many teenagers' thoughts. As us,we maybe have problems about study stress, puppy love, or relation to others. From the novel, we can see the troubles happened to Holden, And he try to solve it in the end of the novel.
Dear Dino,
ReplyDeleteI agree with your opinion. Nowadays there are many teenagers are isolated from their families. This novel shows us teenagers behavior, when they don’t have someone who supports them, like Holden. He thinks nobody understand him, but he never thinks he hides himself to others. It teaches us don't be isolated from others.
Dear yun duo :
ReplyDeleteI like your letter because you show that you really perceive the Holden's feelings.You can connect with yourself to show views about the book.I agree with your idea.It's true that teenagers have many problems and they are digging holes for themselves .However,they still don't know they are in danger.You are right.Life is a game that one plays according to rules.
I believe teenagers can solve these problems with the help with people who care about them and in society.
Dear Liwen Li,
ReplyDeleteI agree with your idea about the book of J.D. Salinger. You said that Holden experienced much sadness, difficulties, and bad things than you. I liked your words. I also liked when you said - Every time when you read that Holden got into trouble and became depressed and no one helped him, you felt sorry about him, because you have a much happier life,than him,when you were happy,you shared your feeling with others, when you were unhappy,someone were stay with you. But Holden was alone that's why he couldn’t because he’s isolated. Nice thoughts @Liwen..... :)
Dear Huiyu Wu :
ReplyDeleteYou and your partner show proper opinions about this book.You write true feelings about Holden to Mr.Spencer.I believe Mr.Spencer can know more about Holden .This letter also show that you understand the book a lot .
Dear yun duo :
ReplyDeleteI like your letter because you show that you really perceive the Holden's feelings.You can connect with yourself to show views about the book.I agree with your idea.It's true that teenagers have many problems and they are digging holes for themselves .However,they still don't know they are in danger.You are right.Life is a game that one plays according to rules.
I believe teenagers can solve these problems with the help with people who care about them and in society.
1/4/12
ReplyDeleteDear Mr. Salinger,
My name is Herntz Hogarth Charles, I’m from Haiti, I am a 11 grader from newcomers high school. I’ve been in U.S.A. for almost 2 years. So I’m writing to you to tell you how I feel about your novel,The Catcher in the Rye that we, in our ESL class, just finished reading.
The book means a lot to me because it tells how teenagers sometimes react to what life brings to them,also i liked it because I am a teenager too and i sometimes act like Holden. I also enjoyed the way you used symbolism and irony to make your novel even more interesting. Something Holden and me have in common is the feeling we have for phone people... I mean i can’t stand fake people so does Holden.
One question I wanted to ask you is “what really inspires you to write this successful book?” The answer to this question means a lot to me so please don’t ignore it.
Thank you for your time reading my letter and for writing the memoir.
Sincerely,
Herntz Charles
Dear Rookhsana Abreen and Lissette Rodriguez,
ReplyDeleteI liked your saying it’s remind you some of moment which you spent alone,felt superficiality, isolated from rest of the world like Holden felt. You are right that Too much depression can spoil teenager. That’s right because i also think that too much depression leads a person to a big harm. Nice thought...!!
Week of December 20
ReplyDeleteDear Carlos,
Nice composition! I cannot really say anything. Good job! Keep it up
Dear Progga,
No comment can be made fdor work, just because it is excellent. Great work.
Dear Rosa
ReplyDeleteI like the letter you wrote to J.D. Salinger. I agree with you. Because this book tell us a lot of things about teenager. You have the same thoughts as me
Dear Progga
ReplyDeleteI like your letter.Because I like this book because this book is all about teenager`s issue.I really enjoyed it. It took me to a real life of Holden.
Dear, Rookhsana Abreen, Lissette Rodriguez
ReplyDeleteI like your post because its kind of the same idea that I also wrote which is,"we like this book because it’s remind me some of moment which we spent alone,felt superficiality, isolated from rest of the world like Holden felt. Most of the teenagers have the same problems as Holden.
Dear Mr. Salinger
ReplyDeleteMy name is Angel Infante. I’m from the Dominican Republic. I am in eleventh grade at Newcomers High school. I have been here for almost 3 years and I’m writing this letter to you to express my feelings about your novel the catcher in the rye.
Your novel means a lot to me because we see how teenagers struggle in life and you reflect the situation of most teenagers have when we are growing up. I like the book because I can learn from Holden's situations. Now i will work harder to have a better future in my life because I wont like to go throw Holden's situation.The quote from the novel said “Life is a game that one plays according to the rules” from this quote I have learned that we have to live according to our situation that we are going through.
Mr.salinger I have some question for you and the first one is that how is the book connected to your self? and what did inspired you to write this novel ?
sincerely, Angel Infante
Dear yanxi chen,
ReplyDeleteI am agree with your opinion about the novel "The Catcher in the Rye" because you have some reasonable opinion which I like it very much. :)
Dear jing huang
ReplyDeletethe introdution of you is in detail. and you show you own think in the different way with me !i can compair the different between your post and my post. i agree your post but i still keep the different part .
Dear Luping,
ReplyDeleteI like your post because I have the similar question to Mr.Salinger that you ask, I want to ask him that why he created a character that is so negetive, depreesd, and alienated.
Dear Wushan
ReplyDeletei like your post because you connect the same experience of you before.and after you explain 'the catcher in the rye"in your own word.i know about ir more.
Dear Liyan,
ReplyDeleteI have the same feeling like you said, I really understand how is feeling when nobody can understand you and doesn’t want to listen from you when you need someone listen from you.
Dear huiyu and Nazabat,
ReplyDeleteNice writing,I like it.there are some same ideas as mine in it.
Dear Daniel,
ReplyDeleteI like your questions which you asked to Mr.Salinger in your post.I want to know how he feel when he was writing the novel.
Dear Wushan,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you when you said, everyone has different feelings when he grows up. It's true but over time we can change.
Dear Yanxi chen,
ReplyDeleteI like what did you said about the teenagers. I think that it help us to know about the problems that can have a teenager.
Dear Leticia i really like your letter no words for this :) wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI also Like Charlez's letter it is well developed and i like it so much. Good job!
ReplyDeleteLoannis awesome Letter :) Good job!
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