Summary:
Holden was tired of living in the dorms so he decided to leave before he was even required to. However, he wasn't man enough to tell his family that he got kicked out of school so he decided to stay in a hotel until Christmas vacations arrived. Throughout this section of the book I realized that Holden has a very powerful connection with his little sister because he was always talking about how he wanted to call her but it's not like she would of picked up the phone. On the other hand, his relationship with his parents wasn't as good especially since he didn't have the trust needed to tell them he has once again gotten kicked out of another school. Especially since this time it was because he failed to do well academically. If he was able to get kicked out for a reason such as bad grades he should have had the audacity to tell his parents the truth. Also, he amazingly fought with the school's principle. Holden is just a volcano that's waiting to erupt. He has had a rough life, I can tell. Especially because in the story it was stated that Holden's brother died from leukemia and Holden's most prized possession was his brother's baseball mitt since his brother used to always spend his day playing catch or baseball.
Quote:
"I was only thirteen, and they were going to have me psychoanalyzed and all, because i broke all the windows in the garage" (Salinger 50).
Response:
This quote proves that Holden does in fact have a hard life. The people he cares about somehow disappear or end up disappointing him. His brother was the family's pride and everyone like him since he was just so smart and friendly. After his death, Holden went crazy and just started breaking all the windows and now his fist doesn't function well. In other words, he can't punch with it and he can't even make a fist.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Holden's beginning =O !
Summary:
First of all Holden gets kicked out of college and for what reason? It's because he is failing all of his classes, if he would of been more diligent with his work and he stopped ostracizing his work he would of done a lot better. However, Holden was apparently oblivious towards school, which ended up leading him down the wrong path of failure. On the other hand, Holden might have been failing all his classes, but he was not dumb in any shape or form. This book also unravels itself in a very interesting way. As i was reading the summary on the cover of the book I saw that it stated that this novel contains many voices of which include children and adults. I also saw that it was very interesting how i found some of the words that we receive for vocabulary being put into context. Well, basically what the first section of this book is doing is that it's describing what the main plot is going to basically be throughout the story. I can infer that Holden is going to be a troublemaker since the book has already told us that this is his third school in which he encountered difficulties in.
Quote:
"I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life" (22 Salinger).
Response:
Further expanding what I brought up before about inferring that Holden would be a troublemaker, I also had some help coming up with that inference from Holden's statement of being a great liar. If someone comes clean about being a great liar what they are trying to say is that they have gotten experience and have learned to make parents and even anyone they have contact with become gullible.
First of all Holden gets kicked out of college and for what reason? It's because he is failing all of his classes, if he would of been more diligent with his work and he stopped ostracizing his work he would of done a lot better. However, Holden was apparently oblivious towards school, which ended up leading him down the wrong path of failure. On the other hand, Holden might have been failing all his classes, but he was not dumb in any shape or form. This book also unravels itself in a very interesting way. As i was reading the summary on the cover of the book I saw that it stated that this novel contains many voices of which include children and adults. I also saw that it was very interesting how i found some of the words that we receive for vocabulary being put into context. Well, basically what the first section of this book is doing is that it's describing what the main plot is going to basically be throughout the story. I can infer that Holden is going to be a troublemaker since the book has already told us that this is his third school in which he encountered difficulties in.
Quote:
"I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life" (22 Salinger).
Response:
Further expanding what I brought up before about inferring that Holden would be a troublemaker, I also had some help coming up with that inference from Holden's statement of being a great liar. If someone comes clean about being a great liar what they are trying to say is that they have gotten experience and have learned to make parents and even anyone they have contact with become gullible.
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