Thursday, April 29, 2010

Michaela Johnson "The Catcher In the Rye"

Holden Caulfield is a miss read teen. He has gone through so much in life that it keeps piling up on him. Holden has been kicked out of 3 schools already and Pencey Prep will be the 4Th. What I have noticed about Holden is that he loves to read and write. He is really a bright student when he wants to be. He is a caring person who won't let anything bad happen to anyone.
At Pencey Prep Holden has a roommate named Stradlater. Stradlater is the "All Star" and the guys everyone likes. When it comes to talking about people, it doesn't bother Holden to say what he wants to say. He is very descriptive about everyone at Pency. He thinks they are all Phonies and that they all think too high of themselves. To the left of Holden's room there is a kid named Ackley. Ackley is the kind of guy that is annoying to everyone. He is terribly filthy. The only thing that Ackley will take care of would be his finger nails. Kinda weird right?
When Stradlater comes home from the football game he is happy and all. He starts to ask Holden if he would write him a paper for his English class so that he could go on his date. When Holden finds out that Stradlater's date is Jane Gallagher then all the trouble starts when Stardlater returns. On that night Stardlater returns back and then Holden and him start a fight. Holden finds out that Stradlater doesn't care that much about Jane Gallagher and that just gets him going. This would be a good way for Holden to leave Pency Prep.

4 comments:

  1. I definitely agree with you about the situation between Stradlater, Jane, and Holden. I think that Holden really cares about Jane and hates Stradlater because he is for lack of better words: a "player." Because of the Jane situation I agree that this is just another reason to leave Pencey.

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  2. I feel bad for Holden because Stradlater really doesn’t care about Jane. He also doesn’t care that he beats up Holden pretty bad. Holden is right Stradlater only cares about him self.

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  3. I think the situation with Holden, Stradlater, and Jane is easy to relate to. I think any high school student can relate to this book.

    *Mario Melendez

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  4. I think it is unfortunate that Holden is such a nice kid yet he puts down others and cares for the wrong things.

    - Abriana Moreno :)

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