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【Young – adult Fiction】

《week 2》

The Catcher in the Rye: The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. It has been translated into almost all of the world’s major languages. Around 250,000 copies are sold each year with total sales of more than 65 million books. The novel’s protagonist, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon for teenage rebellion.

l   Author: J. D. Salinger (1919-2010)

J. D. Salinger was an American writer who won acclaim early in life.

“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”

l   James Madison

James Madison was an American statesman, political theorist and the fourth President of the United States.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

《YOUTH》

l   Author: Samuel Ullman (April 13. 1840 ~ March 21. 1924)

Samuel Ullman was an American businessman, poet, humanitarian. He is best known today for his poem Youth which was a favorite of General Douglas MacArthur. The poem was on the wall of his office in Tokyo when he became Supreme Allied Commander in Japan. In addition, he often quoted from the poem in his speeches, leading to it becoming better known in Japan than in the United States.

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red rips 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.

(English Version)

(Japanese Version)