Luce's faults..

Holden says a lot of things that bother him against Luce. Even though Luce is a pain in the ass towards Holden, he still doesn't really want him to go. It seems like Holden can still talk to Luce really easily about anything, and that he's comfortable around him. It seems like Luce is the only non-phony person around Holden, and Holden accepts him for having such a good vocabulary and being intellectual. I guess Holden likes having Luce around, because he thinks everyone else is simply phony.

Holden and Mercutio..

I think that Holden identifies with Mercutio and not Tybalt because they're similar. In Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio doesn't like when people are flashy with their money and luxuries. He doesn't like how people are into the latest fashion. Even though Holden is a wealthy boy and comes from a wealthy home, he feels the same way as Mercutio. Holden calls a lot of people "phony" and when people show off their things, he calls them "phony".

Conversation with Horowitz..

The conversation with Horowitz and Holden is very random in the taxi cab. It's like Holden really can't think of anything else to say, so he says the first thing that comes to his head. Also, it's because Holden is kind of crazy that makes him weird with what he says, or what he thinks of. 

Differences between Holden and Horowitz

• Horowitz is more impatient
• Holden is calm and wants to talk with Horowitz
• Horowitz seems like he doesn't want to talk
• Horowitz is an older man
• Holden is young
• Holden enjoys going out for a drink
• Horowitz doesn't and can't since he's a cab driver
• Horowitz is a very touchy guy

Allie's Poetry Assignment..

My Acrostic:

Drowning out all my surroundings

Into a place where everything’s calm

Serenity replaces the stressful days

Creating a more peaceful place for me to relax

 

My Haiku:

Problems go away,

As soon as I hear a song.

Secret get a away

 

 

Two author’s poems:

• Rain by Shel Silverstein

I opened my eyes

And looked up at the rain,

And it dripped in my head

And flowed into my brain,

And all that I hear as I lie in my bed

Is the slishity-slosh of the rain in my head.

 

I step very softly,

I walk very slow,

I can't do a handstand--

I might overflow,

So pardon the wild crazy thing I just said--

I'm just not the same since there's rain in my head.

 

• Kissass by Allen Ginsberg

Kissass is the Part of Peace

America will have to Kissass Mother Earth

Whites have to Kissass Blacks, for Peace & Pleasure,

Only Pathway to Peace, Kissass.

Holden's conversation on the Train..

Dear Ernest,

                        So, I talked to Rudolf yesterday, and he told me so much stuff about Pencey and you! I really thought his name was something else, but I guess not.  I was very surprised with all the things he told me, actually. You never told me that you were voted class president Ernest! You have to tell me everything about it, and why you wanted to be class president. Oh, and poor, poor Rudolf has a minor brain tumor?! You never told me this sad news, we should do something for him; maybe donate money to help him pay for the expenses of the operation. You know, you and all your “popular” friends could help out too for Rudolf.  He seemed like a nice guy, but something was really weird about the conversation. Ernest, I can’t believe you never told me any of this! There’s so much stuff we have to catch up on, and so much stuff we have to do! Well, hopefully we’ll see each other very soon to get started. Call me sometime so you can tell me everything else I don’t know about Pencey and all your friends!

            Love always,

Mom

Quotation, Catcher in the Rye..

Through pages 1-16, the quotation that I chose was, "I like to be somewhere at least where you can see a few girls around once in a while, even if they're only scratching their arms or blowing their noses or even just giggling or something." I chose this quote because I thought it was really cute of the main character to say that. It seems like he just likes having a girl in his presence, no matter what she's doing. 

For this quotation, the question for my classmates to answer is, particularly for the boys, is:

-Do you usually like having a girl around you, alone or with a group like the main character says? What's the difference between having a girl near you, rather then not having one near you?

Phony..

To be phony can mean to be fake, or to pretend to be something you're really not. Mostly people can be phony. Adults are better at being phony than children because they want to try to impress other people more than we do. Experience: My brother brought home his girlfriend one time, and it was the first time introducing her to my family. He would always talk about her and tell us how nice, talkative, and how great she was; before we met her. When she finally came over, and we met her and talked to her, we realized how clingy, and annoying she was. First impressions mean a lot, but I don't judge people the first time I meet them. But with her, it was totally different.

Scars..

Human History: David becomes a history teacher in Rochester, Minnesota. He says he doesn't "believe in the purity and certainty of the study of history over law." He says he finds history endlessly amusing, know what he knows about religion and sexual abuse. He feels like he's free to "..augment them with whatever lurid or comical fantasy my imagination might concoct." 

His relationship with his wife: David's wife, Betsy, also is a teacher like David. She asked David if he wanted to go back to Montana, his childhood. He told her him, nor anyone in his immediate family would want to go back to Montana. He told her what happened in Montana with their family, and she was stunned but fascinated. He knew that no one ever spoke of that summer in Montana, hasn't since it happened. They all keep it a subject they never discuss. He didn't tell his wife that, because he said "..i wanted to see what would happen when someone else brought out into the open a topic that had never been discussed in any detail in my presence. 

What happens to Frank..

After Frank commits suicide, a lot of the problems that the Hayden family had when the issue was going on, disappears. Wes tells David that he believes that if someone does wrong, they eventually pay for what they did. "But that doesn't mean the sun's going to sine."-Wesley. Also, he talks about a story for when they were younger, and he says, "My brother. Being in the one place in the world I needed him most.." It was kind of sad because he talks about how that time he really needed him, but now how Frank did wrong, and now he's dead.