Month: May 2018

For project week, I will be going to Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam. For this trip, I will be performing a range of CAS activities with cultural significance. The main component of my trip is service, for which we will be going to the ‘Little Rose Shelter’, a shelter for young girls who have experienced or been exposed to sexual abuse. This is a cause that my group are extremely passionate about, which is why we will be spending 4 of the 6 days we are in Vietnam at the shelter. This experience relates to the 2nd and 4th CAS Learning Outcomes, as despite the challenging nature of the cause we are dedicating ourselves to, we are willing to commit the time and effort to have a worthwhile effect on the girls and do our part to make our time with them worthwhile and enjoyable. We will also be doing yoga and a cooking class.

I read ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ when I was 13 years old and fell in love with it more than I thought I ever could with a world that seems so far away. So as soon as we were introduced to the extended essay, I knew that I wanted it to be inspired by this book.

During our first meeting, my supervisor suggested that my initial angle, about discussing whether or not the book is a ‘coming of age’ novel was too broad. She recommended that I talk to Mr. Huntington, who is very knowledgable and passionate about this book. He suggested that I focus on the depiction of society in the book, the ‘seedy’ side of New York that serves as a most remarkable setting an exploration of the challenges of youth. So I decided to shift my focus to the circumstances that makes a book a ‘coming of age’ novel, and how this is explored in the book.