The Catcher In The Rye Ch. 7-12

Holden is different. Not a bad kind of different, but just different. He's the kind of different you think of when you can't really think of a way to describe something extraordinary. [that is so going in my novel!]

What I am really enjoying about this book is that J.D. Salinger hasn't really established a severe problem or goal that Holden must accomplish. So far it seems to me like Holden is just confused about life and I like that, it's very... easy to relate to.

I also love how Holden says that Jane really knocks him out. It's so cute!
Two of my favorite lines from this week are:
       -"If you was a fish, Mother Nature'd take care of you, wouldn't she? Right? You don't think fish just die when it gets to be winter, do ya?" [from the very 'touchy' cab driver, Horwitz]
       -"If I were a piano player, I'd play it in the goddam closet." [just a thought from Holden]

I am very much enjoying this book. I feel like Holden is an old friend of mine, but I can't put my finger on who...

The Catcher In The Rye Ch. 1-6

I LOVE this book! Holden is such an interesting character and I love how he considers himself a pacifist but he's totally willing to fight with Stradlater (who seems like a real jerk if you ask me). And I also enjoy how he calls people by their last names, because I also do that occasionally. He is just so blunt about things and I love the way he always says, I really did. Its as if he's trying to convince the reader that he's not that bad of a kid. Also, I love how he does things that he knows will piss people off, it just makes me laugh.

 My three favorite sentences in this section are (when Holden was in Mr. Spencer's room) "He put my goddamn paper down then and looked at me like he had just beaten the hell out of me in ping-pong or something." and (when Holden was talking about Mr. Ossenburger) He told us we ought to think of Jesus as our buddy and all."  and (when Holden was in "the can" with Stradlater) "I got bored  sitting on that washbowl after a while, so I backed up a few feet and started doing this tap dance, just for the hell of it."

I also like how this book is written in first person! That's how I'm writing my novel and this book is actually helping me a little with the style. I also like the swearing, you can really tell Holden is a teenager!