My predictions have been different from the book because I thought that Holden would have visited Jane by now. Holden cares for her a lot and I thought he would go find her. He keeps saying he's not in the mood, but I think he's just scared to see her. I also thought Holden would've tried to meet up with people he liked. Everyone he met up with, he didn't like. All of these people he meets up with make him depressed. Especially when it ends up badly.
I haven't personally come across any hypocritical situations like the one in the book. The situation in the book fits into Holden's idea of phonies because she is an example of one. The lady is crying at the most fake movie Holden had ever seen. The faker it got, the more she cried. This just shows that she can't understand something real, and believes in lies. This is how most people are to Holden, except for himself. He can see straight through the lies and everything else.
Holden's psychological state is pretty bad. As the book goes on , he gets more and more depressed. After the encounters with people, Holden always remarks about how he's so depressed. He has just had a string of bad events happen to him that contribute to his mental state. One example of when he says that is: " But I was feeling pretty lousy. Depressed and all." This is just one example of when he says that.
This symbolizes how Holden is beginning to realize he needs to think before acting. He has made so many thoughtless actions and decisions, and he's finally realizing that he needs to fix them. The situation stopped because he realized it wasn't right, and so he fixed it. Hopefully this action will affect the rest of his actions later in the book.
Friday, January 31, 2014
Sunday, January 19, 2014
CITR response
To be unique means to have your own personality. It means that you're not the same as everyone else and you have your own talents. Being unique means you're not like most people. The definition of unique is that it has no equal and is incomparable. That applies to the personalities of people and being individual. No one is the same as everyone else, which makes them unique.
You can keep your individuality in the adult world by being true to yourself and doing what you want with your life. You keep your individuality by doing what you want to do, not what someone tells you to do. do things you enjoy and that will make you a better version of yourself. By picking out exactly what and who you want in your life, it will keep your true self with you.
Allie's character is similar to a combination of my favorite people. First, it says that Allie was always nice and never got mad a people. That corresponds to one of my favorite people, who I've never seen get mad and is nothing but nice. It also says that Allie was insanely intelligent. That corresponds to another one of my favorite people who is super smart. Finally, it says that he had red hair. My sister and one of my friends both have red hair also.
If I had just been kicked out of school, I would probably go back to my house. Even if I had been kicked out of four other schools, I wouldn't want to go anywhere else. Going back to my house would make me feel safe, and then I could figure out what to do right away. I would also get to see my parents and sister and relax a little bit. Prencey seems like a lot of stress, so it would be nice to go back home and not worry about where to go every couple hours if I hadn't gone back.
Jane seems pretty important to Holden, even they were only together for a short time. Once Stadlater mentioned her, Holden couldn't stop thinking about her. Jane seems like she's pretty tough, having that man over at her house all of the time. She also seems sensitive and smart, keeping all of her kings in the back row because she liked the way it looked. It said she had a lousy childhood, so she has to be tough, but also sensitive inside because of it.
I think that when Holden says "people are always ruining things for you" that it's true. You might have and idea or plan that is ruined by somebody else. They could also ruin something of yours, or an experience you had. An example of when someone ruined something for me was when a friend would reveal the ending of the book I was reading, or my sister would spoil what happens later in a TV show.
You can keep your individuality in the adult world by being true to yourself and doing what you want with your life. You keep your individuality by doing what you want to do, not what someone tells you to do. do things you enjoy and that will make you a better version of yourself. By picking out exactly what and who you want in your life, it will keep your true self with you.
Allie's character is similar to a combination of my favorite people. First, it says that Allie was always nice and never got mad a people. That corresponds to one of my favorite people, who I've never seen get mad and is nothing but nice. It also says that Allie was insanely intelligent. That corresponds to another one of my favorite people who is super smart. Finally, it says that he had red hair. My sister and one of my friends both have red hair also.
If I had just been kicked out of school, I would probably go back to my house. Even if I had been kicked out of four other schools, I wouldn't want to go anywhere else. Going back to my house would make me feel safe, and then I could figure out what to do right away. I would also get to see my parents and sister and relax a little bit. Prencey seems like a lot of stress, so it would be nice to go back home and not worry about where to go every couple hours if I hadn't gone back.
Jane seems pretty important to Holden, even they were only together for a short time. Once Stadlater mentioned her, Holden couldn't stop thinking about her. Jane seems like she's pretty tough, having that man over at her house all of the time. She also seems sensitive and smart, keeping all of her kings in the back row because she liked the way it looked. It said she had a lousy childhood, so she has to be tough, but also sensitive inside because of it.
I think that when Holden says "people are always ruining things for you" that it's true. You might have and idea or plan that is ruined by somebody else. They could also ruin something of yours, or an experience you had. An example of when someone ruined something for me was when a friend would reveal the ending of the book I was reading, or my sister would spoil what happens later in a TV show.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
A Good Man is Hard to Find Response
The role of chance in the story plays a big part. If one little thing had been different, they wouldn't have ended up meeting the misfit. For example, if the grandmother hadn't stood up in the car, it wouldn't have lead to an accident. Then the family would be out of harms way. But ultimately, it was fate that lead them to their deaths. It was very unexpected, and every choice the family made contributed to their deaths, just by chance.
The grandmother's definition of a good man is a man who is nice, someone who you can trust, and comes from nice people. A good man has to be nice, from when the grandmother said "People are certainly not nice like they used to be." This implies that people should be nice. She also tells Red Sam that he is a good man when he did a nice deed. A good man has to be trustworthy from when it says "It isn't a soul in this green world of God's that you can trust." That shows how you would have be trustworthy to be a good man. Finally, a good man has to have respectable parents. It says "I know you're a good man.....I know you must come from nice people!"
I agree with part of the grandmother's definition. I agree that a good man must be trustworthy and nice. I don't agree with the part that says a good man comes from good people. A man from a good family could easily turn bad. A man from a bad family could turn out better. They would try hard to be good to not end up like their parents. The grandmother's definition is only partly right.
The article from the blog we read was very interesting. It said that Misfit had an epiphany after he killed the grandmother. He realized that she really was a good lady and that it would take someone threatening to shoot her. It also says that these epiphanies don't last for long, so the Misfit will go back to old ways soon and forget what he thought about with the grandmother. This shows how some people really don't want to change, even if they realize that they should. The article says that even if a character sees themselves clearly, they can't change much. That applies to the Misfit who sees himself clearly for a moment, but will most likely not change.
The grandmother's definition of a good man is a man who is nice, someone who you can trust, and comes from nice people. A good man has to be nice, from when the grandmother said "People are certainly not nice like they used to be." This implies that people should be nice. She also tells Red Sam that he is a good man when he did a nice deed. A good man has to be trustworthy from when it says "It isn't a soul in this green world of God's that you can trust." That shows how you would have be trustworthy to be a good man. Finally, a good man has to have respectable parents. It says "I know you're a good man.....I know you must come from nice people!"
I agree with part of the grandmother's definition. I agree that a good man must be trustworthy and nice. I don't agree with the part that says a good man comes from good people. A man from a good family could easily turn bad. A man from a bad family could turn out better. They would try hard to be good to not end up like their parents. The grandmother's definition is only partly right.
The article from the blog we read was very interesting. It said that Misfit had an epiphany after he killed the grandmother. He realized that she really was a good lady and that it would take someone threatening to shoot her. It also says that these epiphanies don't last for long, so the Misfit will go back to old ways soon and forget what he thought about with the grandmother. This shows how some people really don't want to change, even if they realize that they should. The article says that even if a character sees themselves clearly, they can't change much. That applies to the Misfit who sees himself clearly for a moment, but will most likely not change.
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