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.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
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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