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AppendixC,Artifact14

NicoleCloseReading,Stages46

Passage:
"Themarkofanimmaturemanisthathewantstodienoblyforacause,whilethemarkofthe
maturemanisthathewantstolivehumblyforone."

Stage4:Analyzegrammar,punctuation,andtense.
Grammar
He
IpersonallydonotfeellikethepronounHehadasignificantmeaninginthis
passage.Ifeellikeheiswhatrepresentsthetypeofmanthatisbeingtalked
aboutatthemoment.
Punctuation
"Themarkofanimmaturemanisthathewantstodienoblyforacause,whilethe
markofthematuremanisthathewantstolivehumblyforone."
Inthispassagethecommaisusedtoseparatethetwosentences.Thiscanhave
significantmeaningtotheideabeingexpressedinthispassagebecauseitshowsthat
thereisafinelinebetweenanimmatureandamatureman.Itslikethepassageis
physicallyseparatingthetwomenbyitself.
Tense
Wants
tofeelaneedoradesirefor;wishfor:
tobewithoutorbedeficientin:
tofallshortby
Inthispassage,thewordwantsisusedtodescribeatypeofwishor
desire.InthelineThemarkofanimmaturemanisthathewantstodie
noblyforacause,helpsreadersunderstandwhatthemanwantstodo
inthefuture.
Live
tocontinueinexistence,operation,memory,etc.;last:
todwellorreside
tofeedorsubsist
Thewordliveinthispassagehelpsusvisualizethefuture.Intheline
whilethemarkofthematuremanisthathewantstolivehumblyfor
one.",itisexplainingwhatamanwantstolivefor.Itshardto
determinewhetherliveisbeingusedinpresenttense,futuretense,or
both,butregardlessofthetensethepassagewithholdsthesame
meaning.

Stage5:Explorehowlargerthemesofthenovelmakeusunderstandthisexcerpt
better.
Thispassagefallsintothethemeofgrowthandmaturity.Inthispassage,ittalksabout
themotivesmenhavedependingontheirmaturitylevels.Italsotalksaboutthe
reasoningbehindtheirwants.

Thisthemechangesthemeaningofthepassagebecauseitmakesusthink
aboutthesignificancebehindtheirmotivesandthinkaboutwhytheyhave
thesemotives.
Thethemedoesmakemeunderstandthispassageinseveraldifferentways.
Theuseofcertainwordsdohaveabigfactorinmyperceptionofthepassage.
Thethemeofgrowthandmaturityhelpmeunderstandthatthispassageis
tryingtomakemeunderstandthedifferentvaluesmencouldhave.Itreally
helpedmethinkhardontheconcept.
IthinkthisthemejustmakesmewonderwhatwasholdingHoldenbackfrom
growingupandmaturingintoabrightyoungman.

Stage6:Identifyhowthispassagecontributestothemajorthemesinthenovel
asawhole
Inferiority
ThispassagecontributestotheideaofInferioritybecauseitdefinesthe
differencebetweenamatureandanimmatureman.Ifeellikethisdrawsa
perfectimageofHoldensrelationshipwithhisfamilybecausehefeelslikehe
doesntliveuptotheirstandards.Whenhetalksabouthisfamily,itslikehes
soproudandamazedinwhattheyhaveaccomplished,butwhenhetalksabout
himselfitslikehehasalittledisappointment.Thispassagetalksalotabout
motivesandgoalssetbydifferenttypesofmenandtobehonestIfeellike
Holdendoesnothavesuccessfulmotives.
StrugglesofGrowingUp
Thispassagealsofitsintotheideaofthestruggleofgrowingupbecauseat
Holdensage,heshouldbeexpectedtohavehisfuturesomewhatfiguredout.
HisheadisnotintherightplaceandhecarriestheIdontcareabout
anythingattitudewhichisverychildishandimmature.Hisperspectiveon
things/peopledontreallymakehimlooksobrighteither.Therefore,Ifeellike
Holdenstruggleswithmaturingandseeingthebiggerpictureratherthan
dwellingonallthenegativethingsinhislife.

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