Friday, January 13, 2012

The Catcher in The Rye Chapters 7-12

If I got kicked out of school, I would just go straight home to my parents. They would most likely understand that I hadn’t meant for it to happen, and they would help me get through it and find another school. If I were Holden and I had been kicked out of a school, I think I would have called Jane to see if she could have helped me figure out what to do. If she knew somewhere I could go, then I would go there. If that wouldn’t work, I would have gone to a hotel. I probably would have stayed at the hotel, only leaving for things like lunch, or to go to a library.
It’s hard to describe Jane. I would describe her as average, but two things make that inaccurate. The first is that no one is completely average. Everyone is special in some way. The other thing that makes it so that I can’t describe her as average is that Holden is describing her from his own special, mildly biased point of view. Holden describes her as being no-nonsense, which I think is good. I think that is a good description because Jane seems to be down to earth, and she knows her boundaries for what is appropriate for her and for other.
I don’t think that people are always ruining things. For me, it definitely isn’t true. There might be small things that people do that are annoying, but it isn’t horrible. One of the best examples I can think of is when I would like to do something, but there’s a conflict with what the rest of my family has to do. A specific example is if my brother has a concert that I have to go to.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

CITR Chapters 1-6

To be unique is to be what you personally want to be, with no regard to what other think or want you to be. The main reason that you might lose you're individuality is because you lose sight of what you are,or of what you want to be. One thing you can do to focus on keeping individuality is to meditate (or just think) about who you are, and who you want to be.
I have many favorite people. One of those people is my brother. He's not calm like Allie, but he is very smart, and he finds many things to laugh about at the dinner table. He also enjoys poetry. Recently I haven't read much of his stuff, but in the past I have, and it is very good.