Friday, February 20, 2015
Yesterday/Journal Topic
Yesterday with Mr. J being our sub basically didn't do anything at all except for responding to the journal topic which I'm about to do right now. If Holden Caulfield had walked into this room right now I'm sure that at this point I would probably be used to his tardiness yet still give him a sarcastic answer as to why he may be late. Similar to how Dr. Preston would respond if Chase would walk into class late any other day. Holden is the type of person who would probably not really care about whether or not he showed up late to class or even if he went to class at all.
I'm Here!
Right now it's accurate to say that my blog is going in and out of a coma really because I was not a fan of doing this blog originally and for me it's safe to say that I'm still not on board with the whole idea of this blog and how it would "change our own idea of thinking." But that's purely my own opinion, I know that I need to post more about "The Catcher in the Rye" or responses to all of the chapters. Slowly I will start to get us to the idea of this blog despite the fact hat we are already past the halfway mark of the year.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
The Catcher in the Rye Chapter Presentations
Chapter 1: First of all I want to say what an amazing job that Morgan Ethan and Megan did in doing that wonderful presentation today on Chapter 1. Out of all the presentations other than the Chapter 8 presentations, this one will definitely stick out in my mind. In Chapter 1 we get introduced to Holden is a very unique character, we quickly expresses his view on his brother who everyone views him as a wonderful and successful businessman, yet to Holden he's viewed as a phony, cheat and a liar.
Chapter 3: We find that Holden has started to read three different books, (Return of the Native, Bondage and Out of Africa), these books seem to capitalize on Holden's feelings of wanting to escape and maybe explore the world. Holden appears to be someone who enjoys being obligated and is starting to show a deep affection for his mother yet at the same time seems very sarcastic. His history teaches uses a certain "fancy" word which instantly frustrates Holden.
Chapter 4: Holden and a new character Stratlater is introduced and right away we get a sense of some of Holdens' true feelings for those closest to him. For instance how he talks about Jane in a sense of affection, he also switches his emotions by saying how he feels that Stratlater is very lazy and isn't responsible.
Chapter 5: Starting to evolve into this bigger and more emotionally deep person
Chapter 7: Holden is heading into Mr. Ackley's room and reveals to him that he feels alone and that maybe he doesn't belong in society. He makes a point about Catholicism which hits a nerve with those that are around him at the time, which shows that he can be very insensitive about his thoughts and feelings as well as those around him.
Chapter 8: When Holden decides to head to the train station he runs into this older lady who asks him about his Pencey jacket and he replies that he used to go there and then the old woman talks about her son who currently goes there now and the more that she talks to him the more that Holden realizes that who she's talking about is a complete and utter douchebag who Holden doesn't hold back in revealing this to her. Later throughout the course of the train ride Holden wants to feel like an adult so he tries to ask the same old woman to buy him a cocktail, she refuses and then Holden goes into this long rant about how he has brain cancer and that he's going through all of this treatment when in reality he's just making up this story as he goes along.
Chapter 13: Holden is taking this incredibly long walk to this hotel where he is staying and throughout the walk is drinking this bottle of whiskey and when he finally arrives at the hotel he gets into the elevator and this guy comes up to him and asks if he wants to have this fling with a prostitute. Holden decides what the hell and accepts the offer, Holden is trying to make a statement by saying that he is up for whatever may happen. Finally the time comes and the prostitute shows and Holden comes to the conclusion that he can't go through with the deal and decides to back off and has to almost fight the prostitute to get out of his room and go away making him feel like a coward.
Chapter 3: We find that Holden has started to read three different books, (Return of the Native, Bondage and Out of Africa), these books seem to capitalize on Holden's feelings of wanting to escape and maybe explore the world. Holden appears to be someone who enjoys being obligated and is starting to show a deep affection for his mother yet at the same time seems very sarcastic. His history teaches uses a certain "fancy" word which instantly frustrates Holden.
Chapter 4: Holden and a new character Stratlater is introduced and right away we get a sense of some of Holdens' true feelings for those closest to him. For instance how he talks about Jane in a sense of affection, he also switches his emotions by saying how he feels that Stratlater is very lazy and isn't responsible.
Chapter 5: Starting to evolve into this bigger and more emotionally deep person
Chapter 7: Holden is heading into Mr. Ackley's room and reveals to him that he feels alone and that maybe he doesn't belong in society. He makes a point about Catholicism which hits a nerve with those that are around him at the time, which shows that he can be very insensitive about his thoughts and feelings as well as those around him.
Chapter 8: When Holden decides to head to the train station he runs into this older lady who asks him about his Pencey jacket and he replies that he used to go there and then the old woman talks about her son who currently goes there now and the more that she talks to him the more that Holden realizes that who she's talking about is a complete and utter douchebag who Holden doesn't hold back in revealing this to her. Later throughout the course of the train ride Holden wants to feel like an adult so he tries to ask the same old woman to buy him a cocktail, she refuses and then Holden goes into this long rant about how he has brain cancer and that he's going through all of this treatment when in reality he's just making up this story as he goes along.
Chapter 13: Holden is taking this incredibly long walk to this hotel where he is staying and throughout the walk is drinking this bottle of whiskey and when he finally arrives at the hotel he gets into the elevator and this guy comes up to him and asks if he wants to have this fling with a prostitute. Holden decides what the hell and accepts the offer, Holden is trying to make a statement by saying that he is up for whatever may happen. Finally the time comes and the prostitute shows and Holden comes to the conclusion that he can't go through with the deal and decides to back off and has to almost fight the prostitute to get out of his room and go away making him feel like a coward.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Chapter 6 (Pgs. 43-46)
From the first half of Chapter 6 we start to see how Holden is starting to show that he really cares for certain people, such as Jane his date as well as his brother. We then see Stratlater having a moment of unclarity when he punches the air and Holden even has a time lapse of events. In which eventually turns into an argument between both Stradlater and Holden. They seem to argue constantly over, Stratlater constantly is telling Holden to shut up and keep his mouth shut.
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