The more I read this book, the more I want to know Holden in real life. I feel like for some reason we'd get along. He does not show many people his true colors and I just have a feeling that we would be friends. I know he would not be the kind of person to open up and start sharing his life with me right away but I guess I'm not totally that person either. I hide things everyday and I don't tell some of the most important things in my life to the most important people to me. I'm constantly debating with myself, as is Holden. Really, we both do it. And when Holden starts talking about how he just wants to leave Pencey because he feels so lonely and then he does and just heads to New York for awhile. I saw myself in him in those pages more than anything because when I get lonely I'll do anything to get away and I'll stay away from that lonely place for as long as I can. I mean, if I went to a all girls boarding school, I would not be half as well behaved as I am right now. I know that for fact because even though girls are good friends and are awesome, I would get lonely because I would allienate myself, and thats sort of what Holden is doing. Allienating himself.
I think its the depression.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Jenn---great connections. Because of the language and writing style, I think it's very easy to connect to Holden (and want to know him personally). He is so lost, yet in so many ways, he has life figured out.
ReplyDeleteI love your talk on alienation...it's a lot like Hap Loman; at times, the more people that are around us, the more alienated we feel. Do you think that's the reason Holden spends so much time pointing out the flaws in other people? To take away attention from him?
Keep writing, Jenn! You share a unique perspective and I learn a lot from you!
-Mrs. J. ;)