Our block days this week were spent going over the first few chapters of Catcher and reading and analyzing Allen Ginsberg's poem 'Howl,' one of the most culturally significant pieces of poetry to come out of the 1950s. This poem is a great introduction to Catcher in the Rye in that it deals with many of the same issues - censorship, rebellion, alienation, isolation from others, and the struggle to find a sense of individualism in a conformist society. This poem, like Catcher, also challenges 'traditional' literary voice and structure that was common during this time period.Click on the link below for a copy of the small group study questions we did in class. See me for a copy of the poem if you need one, I have tons of extras. Otherwise there are several websites where you can download the text of the poem, like this one: http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Ramble/howl_text.html
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