Young adult fiction note week 7: Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Tell-Tale Heart"

• Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American police procedural drama television series that premiered on CBS October 6, 2000. 

• The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, which simultaneously serves as the nation's prime federal law enforcement organization.

amateur: not have enough ability to become professional

• A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency.

• The Blind Side is a 2009 American semi-biographical sports drama film. It was written and directed by John Lee Hancock.
• based on the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis.

• Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.

• "The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe.

• King Arthur was a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, 
• led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries AD.

Young adult fiction note week 6: Continue "Finding Forrester"

• Finding Forrester is a 2000 American drama film written by Mike Rich and directed byGus Van Sant.

• The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.

Jamal: 

• peer pressure--> unwilling to confess that he'd read The Raven.
• Good academic performance--> get basketball scholarship in the prep school
• humble

• Letter opener: the knife used for opening the letter

• The Mitsubishi Group is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies^[1] covering a range of businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand, trademark, and legacy.
• During the Second World War, Mitsubishi manufactured military aircraft under the direction of Dr.Jiro Horikoshi.

 

• Written by Forrester
• It isn't real.

Young adult fiction note week 5: 捕手系列:Finding Forester心靈訪客

obsene: Foul; fifthy; disgusting.(resourse: https://cdict.net/q/obscene)

A girdle foul with grease binds his obscene attire.
                                --Dryden(Aeneid, vi. 417).

obsolete: No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused

obesity: more than average fatness 


Smoke gets in your eyes

Always is a 1989 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Steven Spielberg.

Walden Lake

Walden by Henry David Thoreau, is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. 

The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance.





An inferiority complex is a lack of self-worth, a doubt and uncertainty, and feelings of not measuring up to standards.










The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore,Maryland.
The team's name was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven.

Young adult fiction note week 4: Continue Salinger

The  Catcher in the Rye:

Do you like the story?

Yes, I like it.

Which part of the novel that interests you the most?

I feel shocked and surprised in the part that Holden Caulfield was with the prostitute in the hotel. It maybe the first time that I have acknowledge in this kind of place. I don't think Holden Caulfield is dirty or something. There is a sentence that if you are not bad in your young adult period, you can't be a adolescent.(人不輕狂枉少年) So, I think everyone may mope in a period of your life. The most important thing is that you should reflect to your self, not giving up yourself, then coming back. You will become a reliable person and whom take their life as valuable as gold.

What would you do if you were him or her in with the the story?

I should have been somewhat like Holden Caulfield before in my early adolescent years. At that time, I spend whole weekend and many weekday night in the Internet cafe. Playing over 10 kings of computer games, wasting tens of thousand dollars on the online games, I felt nothing but empty. Also, I read several long Chinese fictions, like: 召喚萬歲、九鼎記、同居萬歲 written in Chinese several times. It's hard to imagine that a person could read novels for 13 hours a day in the junior high and senior high life. I felt depressed, having no any idea about my future, and sleepy when doing anything. After some kind of big activities that earthquake my current life at then. The most significant and marvelous one is the beating drums with 20 people in a drama, which we had a common experience in Taipei Arena. I still feel touched and appreciated to my parents, my families, and everyone that has been helping me when I trapped in my desperation. 
I would struggle out the deep hole of the distress and miserable when if I am Holden Caulfield. Be a new person that can be accepted by myself.

Young adult fiction note week 3: Continue Salinger

(Resource: wikipedia)
Jerome David Salinger was an American writer who won acclaim early in life. 
In 1951, his novel The Catcher in the Rye was an immediate popular success. 
His depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in the protagonist Holden Caulfield was influential, especially among adolescent readers.^[2] 
The novel remains widely read and controversial,^[a] selling around 250,000 copies a year.

(Resource: wikipedia)

The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger.^[3] 
A controversial novel originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angst and alienation.
The novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield has become an icon for teenage rebellion.^[8] 
The novel also deals with complex issues of identity, belonging, loss, and connection.

永遠的麥田捕手沙林傑--博客來書局

沙林傑為何遁世？備受世人推崇的他為何拒絕再發表作品？
他究竟是遠離俗世以專心創作純文學的大文豪？抑或精神受創﹑走不出心靈迷宮的隱士？
本書兩位作者費時九年，跨越五大洲親訪二百餘人，透過首度面世珍貴資料，勾勒出沙林傑未經修飾的寫實自畫像，一窺他對愛、文學、名望、宗教、戰爭、死亡的私房觀點。(引用自博客來書局)

Other notes:

• 讀英文：像跟女人、小孩相處，需要花時間陪的。
• 藏拙：把亮點拿出來給別人看
• 永恆的一片歌手讀書會  http://www.gov.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=161173585&ctNode=5157&mp=100001

Young adult fiction note week 2: J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye

Young adult fiction or young adult literature, often abbreviated as YA,^[1] is fiction written, published, or marketed to adolescents and young adults.

Britney Spears - I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman

麥田捕手

The Catcher in the Rye

"The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause,

一個不成熟男子的標記,是他願意為某種原因英勇的死去

while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."

一個成熟男子的標記,是他願意為某種原因謙卑的活著  (Wilhelm Stekel, Chap. 24)

YOUTH

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of

rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a

quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of

the deep springs of life.

Georgia Rule is a 2007 American dramedy film directed by Garry Marshall.

Do not take the Lord's name in vain. 

Rachel's grandma asked her to eat soap when she say foul language.

The Catcher in the Rye

others:

• call name: blame someone
• call the role: 點名
• pain in the ass: 機車

Young adult fiction note week 1: Orientation: Genre, history, critical approaches

(Resource: wikipedia)
Bonnie and Clyde were American criminals who traveled the central United States with their gang during the Great Depression, robbing and killing people.

(Resource: wikipedia)

Catharsis (meaning "purification" or "cleansing") is the purification and purgation of emotions—especially pity and fear—through art^[1] or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration.


other notes:

• young adult fiction: 
• Chinese: reflection, 沉重? I think it somewhat right, but it really needs. Because in my opinion, whatever we read, we may have some thoughts. If we don't have any opinions, that means we read not enough. But if we have a little thoughts, we should value it, write it down, and even share it with others, that's all of my ideas about reading.
• Western: see the true aspect of human life. talking about truth 
• You should have enough data before making a choice. 
• Why should I buy your credit? means I don't believe you.