THINKING AHEAD

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 489.

THE ROCKING-HORSE WINNER

REFLECTIVE WRITING

13.Find thenames of the events and places mentioned in the story. What do you know about them? What are they known for? Reflect on their meaning for the story. Choose one to characterize the author's message in writing (50+ words).

14.Reread this entry from Teddy's notebook. Reflect on the message in writing (100+ words).

Answer Professor Mandell's letter when you get a chance and the patience. Ask him not to send me any more poetry books. I already have enough for 1 year anyway. I am quite sick of it anyway. A man walks along the beach and unfortunately gets hit in the head by a coconut. His head unfortunately cracks open in two halves. Then his wife comes along the beach singing a song and sees the 2 halves and recognizes them and picks them up. She gets very sad of course and cries heart breakingly. That is exactly where I am tired of poetry. Supposing the lady just picks up the 2 halves and shouts into them very angrily "Stop that!" Do not mention this when you answer his letter, however. It is quite controversial and Mrs. Mandell is a poet besides.

15.Write a diary entry (300+ words) in which you describe reading Salinger's story as a spiritual experience.

Some say childhood is a happy and carefree period in everybody's life. All the anxieties and troubles are but skin-deep. But sometimes a child has to bear a burden that not every adult is capable of coping with. What happens then? The story you are going to read deals with such a situation. It also has its fair share of extraordinary things.