First Impressions of Holden

After reading the first chapter, I didn't feel either sympathy or empathy for Holden Caulfield. I thought Holden didn't care about getting kicked out of school. He was flunking four subjects at Pencey. And he was warned several times by the school to apply himself and work hard but he refused to do it. He said, "They gave me frequent warning to start applying himself-especially around mid-terms, when my parents came up for a conference with old Thurmer-but I didn't do it." This quote really shows that Holden is an immature person because he doesn't realize that he is very close to getting kicked out of Pencey.

Another thing I noticed that he is very jealous about his brother D.B. Holden says,"The secret Goldfish... It was about this little kid that wouldn't let anybody look at his goldfish because he'd bought it with his own money. It killed me. Now he is out in Hollywood, D.B., being a prostitute. If there's one thing I hate, it's the movies. Don't even mention them to me." This quote depicts how jealous Holden is about his brother D.B. D.B. is rich because of his talents to write great books such as "The Secret Goldfish". And he is pretty much the opposite of Holden.

Pre-reading question

1. Explain TWO struggles you or others face as they move from childhood to adulthood?

From my point of view, the biggest problems teenagers face as we move from childhood to adulthood is that we have much more responsibilities. You aren't the same young teen getting away with lot of things and hanging out with friends everyday. You are a new person. You have to take care of your family, pay the bills, send your child to school and get a job. When you become an adult, you have many things to worry about. You will face different family problems, and if you don't have a good job you will most likely have hard time paying off all the bills.

Second important struggle is how you are going to react to different situations. Since teenagers are immature, they handle things very differently. But after you become an adult, you may struggle reacting in a bad way to different situations. Adults handle things differently than teens because they are matured.

Multi-media project

I will be working with Darrell and Jake Henry on the Multi-media project. We really haven't discussed about what we are going to do but we are thinking about making a short documentary about the American Dream. We will interview different kinds of people around the town.

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