RehillandIves

a. Hook {No matter what happens death is always a deep subject, no matter how much someone tries to hide it.} b. Death affects Holden in many different ways especially with his attitude toward those around him. 1. Death/kill/die comes up in the novel is in many ways 2. His mood changes when he thinks about different topics makes him think about death 3. Death/killing makes him change what he thinks about life

**II.** **Body One (Avenue one/Main reason 1)** a. Supporting Detail One, including MLA citation i. Holden thinks about death alot b. Supporting Detail Two, including MLA citation i. He thinks about what death would do to the person he is with (page 43) When holden is with stradleader he thinks about killing him. He randomly thinks that hes going to die when he walks in the NYC streets and prays to his dead brother Allie.(pages 198-199) c. Supporting Detail Three, including MLA citation i. When Holden sees his red hunting hat he thinks about Allies death because ,Allie used to have that color hair. He will randomly bring him up saying Allie loves that or he used to be good at that (page 38,39)

**III.** **Body Two (Avenue one/Main reason 2) linked with THESIS STATEMENT** a. Supporting Detail One, including MLA citation i. what hes like when he is happy { when he is telling sally about his planes to run away with her, he gets happy thinking about it because he is not thinking about death but once sally denies his idea he gets really mad and thinks about killing her} b. Supporting Detail Two, including MLA citation i. Why he starts to have these feelings at times.{He is so full of killing,death so when he gets mad, he becomes extra mad and have these thoughts. Than when he feels happy he dosent think about death so he has extreme feelings}

**IV.** **Body Three (Avenue one/Main reason 3) linked with THESIS STATEMENT** a. Supporting Detail One, including MLA citation i. The good holden sees in life and why{when hes watching his sister on the ferris wheel he becomes happy}(page 211,212) b. Supporting Detail Two, including MLA citation i. The bad holden sees in life and why {going back to the fight with his sister when she wants to go with him and the fight when sally doesn't want to stick with his idea} c. Supporting Detail Three, including MLA citation i. How he should feel but he cant because of his thought

**V.** **Conclusion Thesis:** Death affects Holden in many different ways especially with his attitude toward those around him. (Reason 1) 1. Holdens brothers death is a deep topic for him no matter how much he tries to hide it ii. Avenue two (Main reason 2) 1. Holden has many feelings throughout the book, why he feels these ways iii. Avenue three (Main reason 3) 1. How he should feel about life but he cant because of our topic, death or killing. iv. No matter who you are or what you think about life death or poeple getting killed is hard to handle for all people.

Prewriting Questions

1) How death/kill/die comes up in the novel is in many ways. Holdens brother Allie dies and he talks about what he went through when his brother died. He wants to kill Stradleader in many parts. Than at the end of the book when he is walking through the streets of New York he feels like every time that he walks across the street he is going to die. After he thinks about this it goes from bad to worse.

2) How his mood changes when he thinks about different topics makes him think about death. For example when Holden thinks he's going to die he feels sad and lonely. When he's happy he doesn't think about death, killing.

3) It affects holden both, when he's along and with people. When hes alone at the park he thinks he's going to die, and when he's with Stradleader he thinks about killing because he wants to kill Stradleader. How this connects is that whoever he is with that he dislikes he thinks of killing, and when he is alone since he dislikes himself at one point he thinks of his death.

4) It tells you about this because his constant thoughts about death affect his life. He is angry alot of the time and this is because he always thinks about his dead brother and killing people who he doesn't like around him.

5) His thoughts about death affect him all the time. His attitude is mad all the time because he is constantly thinking about death and killing.

Thesis Statement

Death affects Holden in many different ways especially with his attitude toward those around him.