Friday, October 30, 2009
10/29/09
After reading chapters 2-4 i like the character of Holden. Even though he is very cynical, I think represents a little bit of everyone in a way. Whenever he is talking to someone, he always has different thoughts going on in his head, which usually aren't positive, than what he is doing or saying. This makes him seem like he is a rude or arrogant person, but this is something that everyone does. They always have different thoughts going on in their head than what they are expressing to others. Also i think his thoughts are very similar to what everyone else thinks, like hating little aspects of people or being grossed out by people's certain features. He judges people very harshly but everyone has these thoughts, he's just the only person who is expressing them.
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I agree with your statements about Holden being a lot like every one of us. We do some of the same things like Holden, such as thinking one thing while speaking about another thing with someone else, but Holden just expresses these things more than we do. Holden does represent a lot of us in this book, but still... SOMETHING IS WEIRD ABOUT HIM!!! (Sorry to go all Mr. Weber capitalized letters on you!)
ReplyDeleteHolden does do a lot of the things we do in our everyday lives, but he seems like such a strange person. He is definitely very independent, but I haven't figured him out yet. He is unlike any other character I have encountered while reading other books...