Journal Entry
#3
October 31, 2007
Chapter 2
Page 15 Paragraph 3
Quote:
"Great white bearskins lay about underfoot, and the only furniture was a lot of low beds covered with Indian rugs. Instead of pictures hung up on walls, he had antlers and buffalo horns and a stuffed rabbit head. Lenny jutted a thumb at the meek little gray muzzle and stiff jackrabbit ears."
This is definitely a mans room because no woman would dare put dead animal parts in her house. Women were not supposed to go hunting. Women that saw men with animal head and skins were supposed to be in aw of the men because it was so manly of them. It gave the man bragging rights, making him feel special. Men like to have trophies to make them feel good about themselves, and that is what the animal skins and animal heads are. They are his trophies.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
The Bell Jar: Chapter 1
Journal Entry
#2
October 31, 2007
Chapter 1
Page 6 Paragraph 5
Quote:
"Jay Cee...I liked her a lot... she wasn't one of the fashion magazine guchers with fake eyelashes and giddy jewelry. Jay Cee had brains, so her plug-ugly looks didn't seem to matter. She read a coulple of languages and knew all the quality writers in the business."
Esther is a modest person, and likes practical things. She likes people who act like themselves, and don't try to be fakes and cover themselves with makeup like a mask. Esther may not be a looker, so she likes to know there are people out in the world who are okay with the way they look even if they aren't pretty. These people inspire her and make her understand, that looks don't get you a job or respect, or make you a professor. You have to have the brains and knowledge to help you in the real world because in the end intelligence lasts longer.
#2
October 31, 2007
Chapter 1
Page 6 Paragraph 5
Quote:
"Jay Cee...I liked her a lot... she wasn't one of the fashion magazine guchers with fake eyelashes and giddy jewelry. Jay Cee had brains, so her plug-ugly looks didn't seem to matter. She read a coulple of languages and knew all the quality writers in the business."
Esther is a modest person, and likes practical things. She likes people who act like themselves, and don't try to be fakes and cover themselves with makeup like a mask. Esther may not be a looker, so she likes to know there are people out in the world who are okay with the way they look even if they aren't pretty. These people inspire her and make her understand, that looks don't get you a job or respect, or make you a professor. You have to have the brains and knowledge to help you in the real world because in the end intelligence lasts longer.
The Bell Jar: Chapter 1
Journal Entry
#1
October 31, 2007
Chapter 1
Page 2 paragraph 2
Quote:
"I know something was wrong with me that summer, because all I could think about was the Rosenbergs and how stupid I'd been to buy all those uncomfortable, expensive clothes, hanging limp as fish in my closet, and how all the little successes I'd totted up so happily at college fizzled to nothing outside the slick marble and plate glass fronts along Madison Avenue."
Esther, the protagonist, knows that something is wrong with herself, but we don't know what. She says that she has worked hard to get to college, but when she got there she didn't care. Her goal was to get to college, but then she achieved that goal, what was she supposed to do then. She needed to make a goal that went beyond college. She needs to take a vacation to just forget and get her thoughts figured out so that she can concentrate on what is important to her.
#1
October 31, 2007
Chapter 1
Page 2 paragraph 2
Quote:
"I know something was wrong with me that summer, because all I could think about was the Rosenbergs and how stupid I'd been to buy all those uncomfortable, expensive clothes, hanging limp as fish in my closet, and how all the little successes I'd totted up so happily at college fizzled to nothing outside the slick marble and plate glass fronts along Madison Avenue."
Esther, the protagonist, knows that something is wrong with herself, but we don't know what. She says that she has worked hard to get to college, but when she got there she didn't care. Her goal was to get to college, but then she achieved that goal, what was she supposed to do then. She needed to make a goal that went beyond college. She needs to take a vacation to just forget and get her thoughts figured out so that she can concentrate on what is important to her.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 26
Journal Entry
#32
October 12, 2007
Chapter 26
Page 214 Paragraph 1
Quote:
"Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."
When you're crazy you usually think differently than most people. When a crazy person tells you stuff usually it sounds crazy. Holden is telling us not to tell them what you are thinking because then they don't come back to see you, and that when he says something it reminds him of all the people he used to talk to and how he wishes he was with them. When he finds out that all the people that he met and was friends with were fakes and phonies, he realizes that they really aren't, or that is what he likes about them. Holden realizes things too late to fix, because he can't go back to Pency Prep.
#32
October 12, 2007
Chapter 26
Page 214 Paragraph 1
Quote:
"Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."
When you're crazy you usually think differently than most people. When a crazy person tells you stuff usually it sounds crazy. Holden is telling us not to tell them what you are thinking because then they don't come back to see you, and that when he says something it reminds him of all the people he used to talk to and how he wishes he was with them. When he finds out that all the people that he met and was friends with were fakes and phonies, he realizes that they really aren't, or that is what he likes about them. Holden realizes things too late to fix, because he can't go back to Pency Prep.
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 25
Journal Entry
#31
October 12, 2007
Chapter 25
Page 211 Paragraph 7
Quote:
"All the kids kept trying to grab for the gold ring, and so was old Phoebe, and I was sort of afraid she'd fall off the goddam horse, but I didn't say anything or do anything. The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it's bad if you say anything to them."
Whenever Holden is with Pheobe he always acts more grown up and mature. He's scared that she will fall off, and it is good that he is causious about what is going on around him. Usually he acts like and idiot, but here he acts like a big brother that loves his sister, and will do anything to keep her safe and happy. I'm sure I'd do the same thing for my little sister, because sometimes I feel responsible for her and I feel like I need to step up to the plate, and act like the mature one that knows it all. I act like she is wahing my every move. You always feel so big and important when you are around younger kids/siblings.
#31
October 12, 2007
Chapter 25
Page 211 Paragraph 7
Quote:
"All the kids kept trying to grab for the gold ring, and so was old Phoebe, and I was sort of afraid she'd fall off the goddam horse, but I didn't say anything or do anything. The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it's bad if you say anything to them."
Whenever Holden is with Pheobe he always acts more grown up and mature. He's scared that she will fall off, and it is good that he is causious about what is going on around him. Usually he acts like and idiot, but here he acts like a big brother that loves his sister, and will do anything to keep her safe and happy. I'm sure I'd do the same thing for my little sister, because sometimes I feel responsible for her and I feel like I need to step up to the plate, and act like the mature one that knows it all. I act like she is wahing my every move. You always feel so big and important when you are around younger kids/siblings.
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 24
Journal Entry
#30
October 12, 2007
Chapter 24
Page 186 Paragraph 11
Quote:
"I have a feeling that you're riding for some kind of a terrible, terrible fall. But I don't honestly know what kind.... It may be the kind where, at the age of thirty, you sit in some bar hating everybody who comes in looking as if he might have played football in college. Then again, you may pick up just enough education to hate people who say, 'It's a secret between he and I.' Or you may end up in some business office, throwing paper clips at the nearest stenographer. I just don't know."
Holden's fall is coming because he's been crying more often and he has been so depressed, he is always talking about it. He already seems to hate people because they're phonies and fakes. In the story there usually is always forshadowing, and this is foreshadowing that something bad will happen to Holden in the end. Breakdowns are actually pretty normal because of all the stress these days, but we have medicines that can fix it.
#30
October 12, 2007
Chapter 24
Page 186 Paragraph 11
Quote:
"I have a feeling that you're riding for some kind of a terrible, terrible fall. But I don't honestly know what kind.... It may be the kind where, at the age of thirty, you sit in some bar hating everybody who comes in looking as if he might have played football in college. Then again, you may pick up just enough education to hate people who say, 'It's a secret between he and I.' Or you may end up in some business office, throwing paper clips at the nearest stenographer. I just don't know."
Holden's fall is coming because he's been crying more often and he has been so depressed, he is always talking about it. He already seems to hate people because they're phonies and fakes. In the story there usually is always forshadowing, and this is foreshadowing that something bad will happen to Holden in the end. Breakdowns are actually pretty normal because of all the stress these days, but we have medicines that can fix it.
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 22
Journal Entry
#29
October 12, 2007
Chapter 22
Page 173 Paragraph 7
Quote:
"Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be."
Holden just showed that he wants to be a little kids hero. He loves little kids, it shows, the way he talks about his younger brother Allie, and his sister Pheobe. He is like most people because he likes little kids, and he likes them for their inocents. They do stuff, but the don't care who sees them. Holden likes kids because they don't change, and they don't expect him to act a certain way. Kids don't have a specific way that they expect you to act, but you should act right around you because they are like sponges and soak up everything you do.
#29
October 12, 2007
Chapter 22
Page 173 Paragraph 7
Quote:
"Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be."
Holden just showed that he wants to be a little kids hero. He loves little kids, it shows, the way he talks about his younger brother Allie, and his sister Pheobe. He is like most people because he likes little kids, and he likes them for their inocents. They do stuff, but the don't care who sees them. Holden likes kids because they don't change, and they don't expect him to act a certain way. Kids don't have a specific way that they expect you to act, but you should act right around you because they are like sponges and soak up everything you do.
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 21
Journal Entry
#28
October 12, 2007
Chapter 21
Page 157 Paragraph 6
Quote:
"It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to."
People will do things for Holden because they think that he needs special treatment because sometimes he acts like he is crazy. If I saw someone that looked like they needed help, like Holden, I would probably do the same thing. Holden just doesn't seem to understand, that he really does need help. I think Holden needs to be loved and sat down and talked to about what he is doing, and how it is wrong. Holden needs to understand what he is doing.
#28
October 12, 2007
Chapter 21
Page 157 Paragraph 6
Quote:
"It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to."
People will do things for Holden because they think that he needs special treatment because sometimes he acts like he is crazy. If I saw someone that looked like they needed help, like Holden, I would probably do the same thing. Holden just doesn't seem to understand, that he really does need help. I think Holden needs to be loved and sat down and talked to about what he is doing, and how it is wrong. Holden needs to understand what he is doing.
Friday, October 12, 2007
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 20
Journal Entry
#27
October 12, 2007
Chapter 20
Page 155 Paragraph 1
Quote:
"Boy, when you're dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody."
Holden sounds just like my mom and dad. They say that when they die, they want to be burried in a wooden box, and they want the box to go into a whole in the dirt. I personally think that it is the best way to go in the end because the wood will decompose so it won't mess up the ecosystem. Holden has his good times and bad times. I think he cares about stuff, he just tries so hard, unconciously, he always ends up screwing things up.
#27
October 12, 2007
Chapter 20
Page 155 Paragraph 1
Quote:
"Boy, when you're dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody."
Holden sounds just like my mom and dad. They say that when they die, they want to be burried in a wooden box, and they want the box to go into a whole in the dirt. I personally think that it is the best way to go in the end because the wood will decompose so it won't mess up the ecosystem. Holden has his good times and bad times. I think he cares about stuff, he just tries so hard, unconciously, he always ends up screwing things up.
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 19
Journal Entry
#26
October 12, 2007
Chapter 19
Page 148 Paragraph 1
Quote:
"I can never get really sexy-I mean really sexsy-with a girl I don't like a lot. I mean I have to like her a lot. If I don't, I sort of lose my goddam desire for her and all. Boy, it really screws up my sex life something awful."
Holden is like all boys. He tells people what he thinks that they want to talk about. Like boys when they talk in the lockerroom, they just tell each other the immagure stuff they've done or stuff their going to do, because that is what they have to do to be accepted into teenage boy society, really people should like you for what you say and for what you do normally. Boys have this big ego, so when it gets hurt, they usually get mad or depressed. Men need to realize that girls are not just toys that you can do what ever you want to. Women have personalities, likes, dislikes, and boys that she doesn't like. Girls are not just sex toys, as they are described in this book.
#26
October 12, 2007
Chapter 19
Page 148 Paragraph 1
Quote:
"I can never get really sexy-I mean really sexsy-with a girl I don't like a lot. I mean I have to like her a lot. If I don't, I sort of lose my goddam desire for her and all. Boy, it really screws up my sex life something awful."
Holden is like all boys. He tells people what he thinks that they want to talk about. Like boys when they talk in the lockerroom, they just tell each other the immagure stuff they've done or stuff their going to do, because that is what they have to do to be accepted into teenage boy society, really people should like you for what you say and for what you do normally. Boys have this big ego, so when it gets hurt, they usually get mad or depressed. Men need to realize that girls are not just toys that you can do what ever you want to. Women have personalities, likes, dislikes, and boys that she doesn't like. Girls are not just sex toys, as they are described in this book.
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 18
Journal Entry
#25
October 12, 2007
Chapter 18
Page 141 Paragraph 1
Quote:
"Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will."
Holden says things, that he probably shouldn't say and will regret saying if people actually thought that he was telling the truth. Holden is a coward really because he's all talk and no action. Holden says he'll do something, but end up not doing it, and running away and hiding. It is just like him not going home after he got kicked out of Pency Prep. If he really was bold and proud, he would have gone home and told his parents exactly what happened.
#25
October 12, 2007
Chapter 18
Page 141 Paragraph 1
Quote:
"Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will."
Holden says things, that he probably shouldn't say and will regret saying if people actually thought that he was telling the truth. Holden is a coward really because he's all talk and no action. Holden says he'll do something, but end up not doing it, and running away and hiding. It is just like him not going home after he got kicked out of Pency Prep. If he really was bold and proud, he would have gone home and told his parents exactly what happened.
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 17
Journal Entry
#24
October 12, 2007
Chapter 17
Page 129 Paragraph 7
Quote:
"The waiter came up, and I ordered a Coke for her - she didn't drink - and a Scotch and soda for myself, but the sonuvabitch wouldn't bring you one, so I had a Coke too."
Sally is a girl, about 15, why would she drink? Holden shouldn't even be drinking, but boys will be boys. I'm glad the waiter wouldn't give Holden Scotch, Holden needs to learn, that it doesn't look cool when you get drunk and make a fool of yourself in front of everyone. Also getting drunk would cause attention to yourself, something Holden doesn't like. Why does Holden drink and smoke, it just makes him look even more like a loser than he already is.
#24
October 12, 2007
Chapter 17
Page 129 Paragraph 7
Quote:
"The waiter came up, and I ordered a Coke for her - she didn't drink - and a Scotch and soda for myself, but the sonuvabitch wouldn't bring you one, so I had a Coke too."
Sally is a girl, about 15, why would she drink? Holden shouldn't even be drinking, but boys will be boys. I'm glad the waiter wouldn't give Holden Scotch, Holden needs to learn, that it doesn't look cool when you get drunk and make a fool of yourself in front of everyone. Also getting drunk would cause attention to yourself, something Holden doesn't like. Why does Holden drink and smoke, it just makes him look even more like a loser than he already is.
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 16
Journal Entry
#23
October 12, 2007
Chapter 16
Page 115 Paragraph 2
Quote:
"He was singing that song, 'If a body catch a body coming through the rye.' He had a pretty little voice too. He was just singing for the hell of it, you could tell. The cars zoomed by, the brakes screeched all over the place, his parents paid no attention to him, and he kept on walking next to the kerb and singing 'If a body catch a body coming through the rye.' It made me feel better. It made me feel not so depressed anymore."
Holden doesn't feel depressed after hearing the song about the rye field. I think that he isn't as depressed because the kid doesn't care that everyone is watching him or not watching. Holden is envious of the kid because the kid is able to do stuff, and nobody acts like their paying attention to him. Holden says that he likes to do stuff, but he doesn't like people watching him while he is doing it. This kid is of significance to the book because the title is named after the song, or words in the song.
#23
October 12, 2007
Chapter 16
Page 115 Paragraph 2
Quote:
"He was singing that song, 'If a body catch a body coming through the rye.' He had a pretty little voice too. He was just singing for the hell of it, you could tell. The cars zoomed by, the brakes screeched all over the place, his parents paid no attention to him, and he kept on walking next to the kerb and singing 'If a body catch a body coming through the rye.' It made me feel better. It made me feel not so depressed anymore."
Holden doesn't feel depressed after hearing the song about the rye field. I think that he isn't as depressed because the kid doesn't care that everyone is watching him or not watching. Holden is envious of the kid because the kid is able to do stuff, and nobody acts like their paying attention to him. Holden says that he likes to do stuff, but he doesn't like people watching him while he is doing it. This kid is of significance to the book because the title is named after the song, or words in the song.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 15
Journal Entry
#22
October 11, 2007
Chapter 15
Page 113 Paragraph 3
Quote:
"Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell."
Money does always make you feel depressed and sad. You may have a lot of money, but you'll always want more, and more. You may not have enough money, so then you're sad because you don't have enough to get you through. Really money doesn't do anything positive for people, people turn against each other because of money, there are wars because of money. Money just makes people sad, depressed and greedy for more money. You will never hear of a person saying that they have too much money, and are happy.
#22
October 11, 2007
Chapter 15
Page 113 Paragraph 3
Quote:
"Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell."
Money does always make you feel depressed and sad. You may have a lot of money, but you'll always want more, and more. You may not have enough money, so then you're sad because you don't have enough to get you through. Really money doesn't do anything positive for people, people turn against each other because of money, there are wars because of money. Money just makes people sad, depressed and greedy for more money. You will never hear of a person saying that they have too much money, and are happy.
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 14
Journal Entry
#21
October 11, 2007
Chapter 14
Page 104 Paragraph 3
Quote:
"I felt like jumping out the window. I probably would've, too, if I'd been sure somebody'd cover me up as soon as I landed. I didn't want a bunch of stupid rubbernecks looking at me when I was all gory."
Holden is a little different than everyone else because if someone esle committed suicide, they would want to be noticed, that is why they usually do it. Holden wouldn't want to be noticed though because then people would notice him, and he doesn't like to be noticed. He likes to do things so people wont now he's gone till he left, an he doesn't like to draw attention to himself, I think though that he's just scared of jumping out the window because he knows that his life is not ment to end yet. Holden likes to be different than everyone else, that is how he is noticed, for being different, but that makes me think that he does like attention, but doesn't admit it because that is not what Holden would have done.
#21
October 11, 2007
Chapter 14
Page 104 Paragraph 3
Quote:
"I felt like jumping out the window. I probably would've, too, if I'd been sure somebody'd cover me up as soon as I landed. I didn't want a bunch of stupid rubbernecks looking at me when I was all gory."
Holden is a little different than everyone else because if someone esle committed suicide, they would want to be noticed, that is why they usually do it. Holden wouldn't want to be noticed though because then people would notice him, and he doesn't like to be noticed. He likes to do things so people wont now he's gone till he left, an he doesn't like to draw attention to himself, I think though that he's just scared of jumping out the window because he knows that his life is not ment to end yet. Holden likes to be different than everyone else, that is how he is noticed, for being different, but that makes me think that he does like attention, but doesn't admit it because that is not what Holden would have done.
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 13
Journal Entry
#20
October 11, 2007
Chapter 13
Page 92 Paragraph 1
Quote:
"I mean most girls are so dumb and all. After you neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing their brains. You take a girl when she really gets passionate, she just hasn't any brains."
Holden doesn't seem to understand, that girls have more than one use. To him, every girl, except Jane, is just good for kissing or necking. Girls actually do like to have conversations with guys and get to know them, not just lock lips. If Holden was kissing me, I would be losing my brains because the thought of him kissing me is repulsive. I mean to kiss a guy with all this stuff going through his head, and you knowing about it. It would be very awkward, and if he tried necking me, I would slap him, or beat him down.
#20
October 11, 2007
Chapter 13
Page 92 Paragraph 1
Quote:
"I mean most girls are so dumb and all. After you neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing their brains. You take a girl when she really gets passionate, she just hasn't any brains."
Holden doesn't seem to understand, that girls have more than one use. To him, every girl, except Jane, is just good for kissing or necking. Girls actually do like to have conversations with guys and get to know them, not just lock lips. If Holden was kissing me, I would be losing my brains because the thought of him kissing me is repulsive. I mean to kiss a guy with all this stuff going through his head, and you knowing about it. It would be very awkward, and if he tried necking me, I would slap him, or beat him down.
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 12
Journal Entry
#19
October 11, 2007
Chapter 12
Page 87 Paragraph 4
Quote:
"I'm always saying "Glad to've met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though."
Saying "Glad to have met you" because it is the polite thing to do. Your parents teach you that kind of stuff when you're little, hopefully. It's like saying thank you to your friends mom for making dinner for you, you just say it because it is the polite thing to do, if you want to be remembered as a good polite person, and want to stay on their good side. If you told someone to their face that you don't like them, they might not be very nice to you later on in life if you ever meet them again. Manners will get you far in life if you use them correctly.
#19
October 11, 2007
Chapter 12
Page 87 Paragraph 4
Quote:
"I'm always saying "Glad to've met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though."
Saying "Glad to have met you" because it is the polite thing to do. Your parents teach you that kind of stuff when you're little, hopefully. It's like saying thank you to your friends mom for making dinner for you, you just say it because it is the polite thing to do, if you want to be remembered as a good polite person, and want to stay on their good side. If you told someone to their face that you don't like them, they might not be very nice to you later on in life if you ever meet them again. Manners will get you far in life if you use them correctly.
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 11
Journal Entry
# 18
October 11, 2007
Chapter 11
Page 80 Paragraph 3
Quote:
"Ernie's a big fat colored guy that plays the piano. He's a terrific snob and he won't hardly even talk to you unless you're a big shot or a celebrity or something, but he can really play the piano. He's so good, he's almost corny, in fact. I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it. I certainly like to hear him play, but sometimes you feel like turning the goddam piano over. I think it's because sometimes when he plays, he sounds like the kind of guy that won't talk to you unless you're a big shot."
Holden doesn't like things to be perfect, as you can tell from the quote. He doesn't like Ernie because he acts like a snob, and Ernie acts like a snob because he plays the piano like one, and he plays the piano really really well. So the reason Holden doesn't like Ernie is because Ernie is almost perfect at playing the piano, and Holden really isn't perfect at anything. Holden just needs to learn to just enjoy life, and let things change and enjoy them instead of hating everything. How can someone hate music so well played, and always be depressed? Holden just needs to learn to relax.
# 18
October 11, 2007
Chapter 11
Page 80 Paragraph 3
Quote:
"Ernie's a big fat colored guy that plays the piano. He's a terrific snob and he won't hardly even talk to you unless you're a big shot or a celebrity or something, but he can really play the piano. He's so good, he's almost corny, in fact. I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it. I certainly like to hear him play, but sometimes you feel like turning the goddam piano over. I think it's because sometimes when he plays, he sounds like the kind of guy that won't talk to you unless you're a big shot."
Holden doesn't like things to be perfect, as you can tell from the quote. He doesn't like Ernie because he acts like a snob, and Ernie acts like a snob because he plays the piano like one, and he plays the piano really really well. So the reason Holden doesn't like Ernie is because Ernie is almost perfect at playing the piano, and Holden really isn't perfect at anything. Holden just needs to learn to just enjoy life, and let things change and enjoy them instead of hating everything. How can someone hate music so well played, and always be depressed? Holden just needs to learn to relax.
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 10
Journal Entry
#17
October 11, 2007
Chapter 10
Page 73 Paragraph 1
Quote:
"I was half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if they're sort of stupid, you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can."
Girls will always be a mystery to guys because we are so unpredictable, but Holden doesn't seem to have that problem right now, right now he has the problem of falling in love with them. I don't think he falls in love with them, I just think that he likes the thought that the girl might lay him. Holden is a regular American teenager. His mind is not always focused on the right things that it should be. Girls are not going to lay a guy though that is crazy, and is giving them a freaky eye thing. I at least wouldn't, I'd get the heck out of there.
#17
October 11, 2007
Chapter 10
Page 73 Paragraph 1
Quote:
"I was half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if they're sort of stupid, you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can."
Girls will always be a mystery to guys because we are so unpredictable, but Holden doesn't seem to have that problem right now, right now he has the problem of falling in love with them. I don't think he falls in love with them, I just think that he likes the thought that the girl might lay him. Holden is a regular American teenager. His mind is not always focused on the right things that it should be. Girls are not going to lay a guy though that is crazy, and is giving them a freaky eye thing. I at least wouldn't, I'd get the heck out of there.
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 9
Journal Entry
#16
October 11, 2007
Chapter 9
Page 62 Paragraph 2
Quote:
"I think if you don't really like a girl, you shouldn't horse around with her at all, and if you do like her, then you're supposed to like her face, and if you like her face, you ought to be careful about doing crumby stuff to it, like squirting water all over it. It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes."
Holden is respectable and has good morals sometimes, like that you shouldn't go out with a girl if you don't like her, because if you don't like her, then you're really just using her. You don't have to like her face though, you really should like her personality the best because in the end when you turn blind and can't see her face, you'll have to hear her talk. Yes you shouldn't squirt water at people either because it isn't polite. If someone says that it is okay that you squirt water at them though it is okay. Holden doesn't understand other people, but really other people don't understand Holden becaue his brain works differently than theirs.
#16
October 11, 2007
Chapter 9
Page 62 Paragraph 2
Quote:
"I think if you don't really like a girl, you shouldn't horse around with her at all, and if you do like her, then you're supposed to like her face, and if you like her face, you ought to be careful about doing crumby stuff to it, like squirting water all over it. It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes."
Holden is respectable and has good morals sometimes, like that you shouldn't go out with a girl if you don't like her, because if you don't like her, then you're really just using her. You don't have to like her face though, you really should like her personality the best because in the end when you turn blind and can't see her face, you'll have to hear her talk. Yes you shouldn't squirt water at people either because it isn't polite. If someone says that it is okay that you squirt water at them though it is okay. Holden doesn't understand other people, but really other people don't understand Holden becaue his brain works differently than theirs.
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapter 8
Journal Entry
#15
October 11, 2007
Chapter 8
Page 55 Paragraph 11
Quote:
"'Would you care for a cigarette?' I asked her. She looked all around. 'I don't believe this is a smoker, Rudolf,' she said."
Holden smokes where ever he wants to. He really doesn't seem to care if he is supposed to or not. He'll smoke in his dorm room or in a nonsmoking train car. His parents didn't teach him very good edicate manners for eating or he just doesn't care that he is breaking a rule. He does it just because he feels like it, but does he think of how the other passangers may not like having to smell cigarette smoke on the train.
#15
October 11, 2007
Chapter 8
Page 55 Paragraph 11
Quote:
"'Would you care for a cigarette?' I asked her. She looked all around. 'I don't believe this is a smoker, Rudolf,' she said."
Holden smokes where ever he wants to. He really doesn't seem to care if he is supposed to or not. He'll smoke in his dorm room or in a nonsmoking train car. His parents didn't teach him very good edicate manners for eating or he just doesn't care that he is breaking a rule. He does it just because he feels like it, but does he think of how the other passangers may not like having to smell cigarette smoke on the train.
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