- I can connect with this article in a few different ways. When they talk about Salingers favorite Greek Poet Sappho. Sappho is famous for his haikus he rights. I have written haikus before in many different classes. I have wrote them in english, and ILS honors and Biology Honors. We have done many different things with them my classes. I can also connect to the article becasue it talks about The Catcher in the Rye, and i am reading that book :) . It also talks about how J.D is on the cover of Time magazine and my dad has a subscription of that sent to our house.
- I can tie some things from this article to Holden because it almost seems like J.D Salinger is Holden. Salinger went to many of the same schools that Holden does. He always failed out and moved to a different school. Also he lives in New York just like Holden does. I think that in the book he makes Holden the same person he was as a child. Holden is J.D. Salinger.
- I can connect to Salinger as a writer now because he has told alot about his childhood so we know more about him. Since Salinger is Holden and makes Holden exactly like him, i know that now. By me knowing that i can assume that anything that happens in the book with Holden has probably happened to him in some way.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
key concept :)
The key concept i am going with is dealing with a loss as a young teenager. It is very hard for anybody to deal with a loss at any age. It is especially difficult for a young teenager to deal with it expcially when he is away from home and has no one to grieve with. Holden doesnt live at home he attends Pency, and by him being at this school he has nobody he knows to talk to and know body knows what he is going through. I think that Holden just tried to hide his pain with a tough guy act. I think becasue of the loss Holden has turned to rebelious things in life. Like he says at the begining of the book he is a smoker. He has been kicked out of many schools for many different things. I can connect with dealing with a loss because when i was little i lost my grandpa at the age of 7. Then the summer right after he passed my dads girlfriend moved to texas. It wouldnt be a big deal for her to move but she has raised me since i was 7 months old. So she is like my 2nd mom. At that time in life i was only visiting my mom every other wekend because she lived 2 hours away. So all with in a 6 month span i had lost my grandpa and practially the person who raised me. It was really hard for her to move becasue by her moving means that my dad and I would have to move out of elkhart and into riverton so my grandma could help my dad in swing shift. That is another thing i can connect to. I had to move away from all my friends and everything i knew in elkhart to riverton. As i started growing up and getting older i realized how different the 2 towns were and the negative effect that riverton had on me. I strongly believe that is Holden had never lost his brother he would still be in school and be a very successful student. Alot of people have to deal with losses in thier life but everybody deals with it a different way.
key concept :)
The key concept i am going with is dealing with a loss as a young teenager. It is very hard for anybody to deal with a loss at any age. It is especially difficult for a young teenager to deal with it expcially when he is away from home and has no one to grieve with. Holden doesnt live at home he attends Pency, and by him being at this school he has nobody he knows to talk to and know body knows what he is going through. I think that Holden just tried to hide his pain with a tough guy act. I think becasue of the loss Holden has turned to rebelious things in life. Like he says at the begining of the book he is a smoker. He has been kicked out of many schools for many different things. I can connect with dealing with a loss because when i was little i lost my grandpa at the age of 7. Then the summer right after he passed my dads girlfriend moved to texas. It wouldnt be a big deal for her to move but she has raised me since i was 7 months old. So she is like my 2nd mom. At that time in life i was only visiting my mom every other wekend because she lived 2 hours away. So all with in a 6 month span i had lost my grandpa and practially the person who raised me. It was really hard for her to move becasue by her moving means that my dad and I would have to move out of elkhart and into riverton so my grandma could help my dad in swing shift. That is another thing i can connect to. I had to move away from all my friends and everything i knew in elkhart to riverton. As i started growing up and getting older i realized how different the 2 towns were and the negative effect that riverton had on me. I strongly believe that is Holden had never lost his brother he would still be in school and be a very successful student. Alot of people have to deal with losses in thier life but everybody deals with it a different way.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Salinger !
I think that if Salinger came out with new work if would impact he American literary society in both ways. It could be good because it could keep a great writer alive. People can continue to read his work and he can stay famous and maybe grow in his fame. It always seem to be that when people die people become alot more interested in them. Maybe if they publish more of his work that piece will be a bigger hit than any of his other pieces. :)
Friday, September 11, 2009
A day as a lesbian
A DAY AS A LESBIAN
Lauryn and I dressed up as Lesbians for a day. We didn’t have to buy anything we just made do of what we had. Lauryn wore an oversized black polo and big boy’s jeans with work boots. I wore a big khaki shorts and a manly Harley Davidson shirt with tiny-runners. We both had our hair slicked back with lots of jell. As we walked into the mall we had a lot of people stare. Almost all of the adults in the mall stared at us. We didn’t walk by one person without them staring. It was really weird to see how everybody looked at us. As we entered the mall we joined hands to make it look like we were a couple. Everybody in the mall looked at us like it was the worst thing in the world. People these days are set on their beliefs and if something is against that then it is the worst thing in the world. Everybody’s beliefs have a lot to do with their religion. There was a grandma that looked very prim and proper that walked by with her grandchildren and looked as us one time and hurried away with the kids. As we continued walking through the mall we had hundreds of looks from people all over the mall. The only smile we got was another lesbian couple walking by. One high school boy dressed in Hollister walking by even had a comment to say. His comment was “nasty dykes”. That comment really offended us. We went to the store called “Hot Topic” and not one person in there said anything or gave us look. One employee even came up to us and started a conversation. The reaction there was a lot different to when we went into Express. When we went into Express everything went back to normal we had all the people look at us and stare. We knew that when everybody looked at us then whispered they were talking about us. The only we couldn’t figure out was why, I am sure people see lesbians every day but why the big deal for us. We came up with the solution that it was a big deal because we were so young. We are not lesbian but even if we were it’s our decision and no one has the right to put their opinion in our personal life. The comment was probably the worst reaction that we had all night. Even though when people would walk by and turn their heads to watch and stare nobody else said anything but that kid. Lauryn and I think that we got such of a reaction out of people because of our age. Most lesbians come out later on in life or some people don’t come out at all. To see two 16-year olds walking around as open lesbians would be a bit shocking. All the reactions that we got we did not expect. We expected a few looks and maybe a laugh but we never expected to have comments said to us or have everybody we passed stare at us. Over all we think that we got a very bit reaction out of all the people we saw.
ANALYSIS
Lauryn and I were very shocked and disturbed by how people stared at us and didn’t care how much that we noticed. We were very hurt by the reaction that we got from people. Like I said it is our decision and our personal life that is no one else’s business. We felt that is was very rude for that boy to make that derogative comment. Lauryn and I knew that as soon as we walked away we would be talked about. It was very mind changing. It made both of us think, do we ever act like that in public? Do we ever stare at people like that? It has made us both realize that everything people do in life they chose to do that. Everybody is normal to themselves. If we don’t think it is normal I am sure they do. It is very rude and wrong to judge people.
Lauryn and I dressed up as Lesbians for a day. We didn’t have to buy anything we just made do of what we had. Lauryn wore an oversized black polo and big boy’s jeans with work boots. I wore a big khaki shorts and a manly Harley Davidson shirt with tiny-runners. We both had our hair slicked back with lots of jell. As we walked into the mall we had a lot of people stare. Almost all of the adults in the mall stared at us. We didn’t walk by one person without them staring. It was really weird to see how everybody looked at us. As we entered the mall we joined hands to make it look like we were a couple. Everybody in the mall looked at us like it was the worst thing in the world. People these days are set on their beliefs and if something is against that then it is the worst thing in the world. Everybody’s beliefs have a lot to do with their religion. There was a grandma that looked very prim and proper that walked by with her grandchildren and looked as us one time and hurried away with the kids. As we continued walking through the mall we had hundreds of looks from people all over the mall. The only smile we got was another lesbian couple walking by. One high school boy dressed in Hollister walking by even had a comment to say. His comment was “nasty dykes”. That comment really offended us. We went to the store called “Hot Topic” and not one person in there said anything or gave us look. One employee even came up to us and started a conversation. The reaction there was a lot different to when we went into Express. When we went into Express everything went back to normal we had all the people look at us and stare. We knew that when everybody looked at us then whispered they were talking about us. The only we couldn’t figure out was why, I am sure people see lesbians every day but why the big deal for us. We came up with the solution that it was a big deal because we were so young. We are not lesbian but even if we were it’s our decision and no one has the right to put their opinion in our personal life. The comment was probably the worst reaction that we had all night. Even though when people would walk by and turn their heads to watch and stare nobody else said anything but that kid. Lauryn and I think that we got such of a reaction out of people because of our age. Most lesbians come out later on in life or some people don’t come out at all. To see two 16-year olds walking around as open lesbians would be a bit shocking. All the reactions that we got we did not expect. We expected a few looks and maybe a laugh but we never expected to have comments said to us or have everybody we passed stare at us. Over all we think that we got a very bit reaction out of all the people we saw.
ANALYSIS
Lauryn and I were very shocked and disturbed by how people stared at us and didn’t care how much that we noticed. We were very hurt by the reaction that we got from people. Like I said it is our decision and our personal life that is no one else’s business. We felt that is was very rude for that boy to make that derogative comment. Lauryn and I knew that as soon as we walked away we would be talked about. It was very mind changing. It made both of us think, do we ever act like that in public? Do we ever stare at people like that? It has made us both realize that everything people do in life they chose to do that. Everybody is normal to themselves. If we don’t think it is normal I am sure they do. It is very rude and wrong to judge people.
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