Catcher in the Rye Chapters 7-12

*If I had just been kicked out of school, I would go to the library. I would spend days there, just reading all the books I never have time to read. What I do next would depend on where I am. If I was in NYC, I would go to Central Park or go window shopping or visit the zoo. If I got kicked out of school right now, I would probably go downtown. The only problem with getting kicked out of school now is that I would run into somebody I know eventually. It would be fun to pretend to be someone else though...
*I don't think people are always ruining things for you. But, it all depends on your POV. If you look at a situation and think of all the horrible possibilities/outcomes, then people are always ruining things for you. But if you look at all the good things that happened, then people are always making life better.

*Jane is someone who Holden really feels connected too. I think that they really understand each other. From what I know about Holden; Jane, Allie, and Phoebe are the people that matter most to him. This is partially because these are the people Holden can act normal around. He doesn't always have to play the part of the "big, tough guy", he can let the little kid inside of himself show. The difference between Jane and Phoebe/Allie is that she is his age, so he can be the older part of himself too. So, I think the real reason that Holden likes Jane so much is because he can act like the smaller and bigger parts of himself.

Catcher in the Rye Chapters 1-6

*What does it mean to be unique?

To be a unique person is to be different, to stand out from other people, to view the world in a different way. Holden is unique from his peers in many ways. For one, he hates the movies. I don’t actually know what the other people in the story think about the movies, but from what I know about people, most everybody loves the movies. He also doesn’t really like going to the football games, so I think he prefers doing things rather than watching them. He also seems to be a person who is different on the inside than he portrays himself as. 

*How do we keep individuality in an adult world?

Individual people are different on the inside, but their differences, their individuality, doesn’t always shine through to the outside. By liking certain things, and disliking others, we keep ourselves different from other people. The way we dress, talk, what we eat, defines everyone as a person. This can sometimes be masked when people do things only because their peers are.

*How is Allie’s character similar to your favorite person?

It is hard to answer this question, as I can’t really pick a favorite person. I guess there are just too many people in my life that I really like. So, I will relate Allie to one of my favorite people. Allie is like my younger brother, Caleb. He’s smart, like Allie, but there are more similarities than just that. Caleb doesn’t play baseball, but he plays soccer. He mainly plays defense, so when nobody’s on his side of the field and he gets bored, he kind of dances (sometimes more like jumping than dancing). This reminds me of Allie’s baseball mitt with the poems on it, and how he reads them when he is bored on the field. Caleb also is a very kind person. As much as he can be my annoying little brother, he can also be genuinely kind, funny, the kind of person you always want around. Sometimes he does fall off his chair laughing.