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.