English: Capture in the Rye

Okay for my homework I need to writh a three paged essay on the author of the books views on teenagers only people who have read this book can help me on this.
HELP ME!

...That would be Catcher in the Rye. Dare I assume that you haven't read the book?

I have read the book, why do you think I made this thread?

...Mainly because you got the title wrong and seem to have no thesis for this essay. What have you done so far? What are you attempting to prove with this essay? What proof do you have to back up your ideas?

Originally Posted by GDwarf

...Mainly because you got the title wrong and seem to have no thesis for this essay. What have you done so far? What are you attempting to prove with this essay? What proof do you have to back up your ideas?

What? would you like me to use quotations from the book?

I was asking what kind of progress you had made on your essay, you surely can't expect us to do all (or even most) of it for you.

So, the first thing you'll want to do is come up with a thesis and supporting arguments. (What are the author's views on teenagers? What makes you think that?)

Then you flesh those out into an essay.

Honestly though, you're teacher is not going to throw a three-page essay at you unless you know enough to actually write it, yet you don't even know the name of the book. If you've read it then coming up with a thesis and arguments shouldn't be incredibly hard, enough for three pages might be a wee bit tricky, but you should still have a good start.

Okay, I haven't done much but here it gose:

J.D Salinger has a few different views on teenagers but because of how the book has been written it is very hard to notice the points.
Maybe J.D Salinger wrote the book to warn teenagers about the problems that they could face as an adult, by doing this it shows he cares about teenagers future.

is that good so far?

But what is your thesis? What is it you're trying to prove with this essay? (This can be pretty much anything, but be sure that you'll have enough proof to make the essay long enough.) Once you've got that sorted out, start justifying your argument, come up with reasons why you're right. Then get specific examples of this happening in the text. A good guideline is one argument (reason your thesis is correct) per paragraph.

Hint: Thesis is you first argument/idea.

In an essay that's well structured, you need an introduction, or justification for your essay.

Thenintroduce your initial thesis (you first argument) with a few paragraphs that deal with individual points to support your thesis.

Then, you have your antithesis - your counter-argument to your thesis.
Again, support it with a few paragrphs of individual points.

Then conlude your points with a synthesis.
Usually, your Synthesis is a condesed summary of your thesis.

If you're really looking for some good angle that includes teenagers, let me point you in this direction: Loss of innocence as one grows into adulthood.

That should be enough to write quite a few thesis-es(thesi? must check.)

Okay thanks everyone for your help.

Yes a can read, but i'm not the great speller, and theres no need to use that kind of language to me!