Siblings (chapter 5 question 22)

Siblings are very important in the other sibling life. I have two siblings, and they are very important to me even if sometimes I get annoyed by them I still love them and care about them. In chapter 5, Holden shows the love he has for his brother Allie. He talks about the poems he wrote in his baseball glove and how he was good a good baseball player. My impression of Allie is that he was a good kid, he likes playing baseball and he has a good brother relationship with Holden. Even if Allie is dead, he is still an important person in his life because he still remembers every little details when they were little and played baseball together. When I read this passage my heart started to break because it was so sad. Also very emotional coming from a happiness side because he loved his brother and wants him back. I can’t imagine what I would do if one of my siblings would die.

The paper

In chapter 4, Stradlater asks Holden to write his composition for his English class and Holden “agreed” to do it. Ithink Holden can say no to people, even Stradlater. Holden did it because they are friends and he wants to help him. He also wants to prove to everyone and himself that he can write a composition in English. If one of my friends asks me to do something for them I would say yes. Because they are my friends and friends help friends. Even if Holden says he isn’t really good friends with Stradlater, he wouldn’t do a favour to an enemy. When he did this favour he thought he was going to get a compliment from Stradlater. Because has human you like getting compliments, it makes you feel powerful, because you did something right. My point is that Holden agreed to do this paper to help a friend and also in regards to getting a compliment.  

Ackley

In the book Holden is always out to get Ackley, criticizing him and also making fun of him. I don’t think Holden wants to hurt Ackley, I think Holden is trying to get his attention. If I was Holden i would act like him. I wouldn’t try to be mean to Ackley, I would try to get his attention. At first I would tell Ackley to take care of himself in a nice way, but if he would continue just not caring about himself, of course I would “make fun of him”.  It’s not a sense of style to not brush your teeth or to put on trashy clothes. So maybe that is what Holden is trying to do, get his attention.

I don’t think Holden hates Ackley. He and Ackley are both outcast they don’t really belong into a group; they just live their lives, without caring about what people think. I think inside Holden wants to be a part of something. He doesn’t want to be alone. Because he is an outcast and Ackley also is one or the other has to be a leader. Which is true; in every group there is always a leader and Holden wants to be this leader of that outcast group. This is why he criticize Ackley to make himself look more powerful and to control Ackley.

to mr spencer

Mr. Spencer,

I really didn’t appreciate what you did to me. I really felt violated, by you criticising me because of my essay. Look to tell you the truth I really hated your class. It was so boring, every time I walked into your class it felt like prison. This is why my essay was bad, because I didn’t pay attention.  And of course I know my essay was bad because I wrote it. You really didn’t have to nag me about it. I don’t care if I did badly, if I am the worst student you ever had. All I can say is that I’m very happy to be leaving, so I don’t have to hear your nagging voice ever again.  And seriously Egyptian, how boring is that…. Like no, that’s not me, I want to have fun not sit in a class and listen on how Egyptians built their pyramids. They are only a block of sand and rocks.

Thank you again to make me fell how prison felt like, I know I’m never going there.  

to ryan

Heyyyyyyy ryan, :)

How are you? So I heard about the surgery you will be having tomorrow and I hope that it will go find. Oh no sorry, of course it will go perfectly find like come on you are Ryan. A strong person like you will be fine. We all miss you at Garnier, and everyday we pray for you to get well soon. So all our prayers are send to you. So ya Mr David told us to write a blog to say hello and to see how you were doing. I really hope that reading all the blogs will pass you the time from sitting in a bed all day.

So ya it must be hard on you and your family to go through all that. I remember when my dad had to have a surgery. Well it wasn’t a big surgery like you, he had to get his appendix removed, so of course it wasn’t open heart surgery like you, but it was still scary for everyone. I really think every surgery is pretty scary even if it’s a big or small surgery.

Well I really hope you are too bored over there, I hope you made some friends to pass the time. Or even a computer is good too; surfing on the internet can pass sometime.

Smile :)

A letter to Holden Caulfield

Good morning Mr Caulfield,

So I heard that you made your fencing team loose by forgetting the equipment on the subway. Like you I’m the manager of the soccer team at my school. I really think you did an irresponsible mistake, but everyone is human, so we are not perfect. Look as human we all learn from our mistake and I really hope next time you have a competition you will tape on all of your equipment on yourself and won’t forget them.

To cheer you up, I really don’t think it’s your entire fault, you were lost. Someone could’ve have watched the equipment while your looked at the map. It’s a team; everyone should take care of everyone and everything. Well that’s what we do in my team. Even if I’m the captain everyone has to check if we have all the equipment, if we all know where we are going so we don’t get lost. Of course as a captain you have to double check everything.

All I’m saying is that you shouldn’t kick yourself for a little mistake. You were is this together so it’s mostly everyone’s fault.

J.D Salinger

So with my class we watched the movie finding forester by Gus Van Sant. So I don’t know if you ever watched that movie but I did with my class yesterday.

So for all the readers out there in sure you have heard about the Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger. So the movie that we watched is based on J.D Salinger life, and how he met this high school student and helps him to be a better writer. This high school boy was the only one to know about Salinger. The author, like you may all know, was afraid of the public especially after he got famous for all of his 3 books.

So my opinion about Salinger, is that how can you be afraid of being famous. I would love to be famous and have all the attention to me. How could he not know that when you publish a book you will not be famous? I know there are some authors who never got their work publish because it wasn’t good or it didn’t make such a big hit. But most good authors are published and get famous after a while. Also how can you stay in your house for the rest of your life? I would get so bored, like I’m already bored when I stay home one day, so for the rest of your life that is unimaginable for me.

Well I guess he was that afraid of the world that he didn’t get bored at all by staying home all the time. I guess it’s a person choice to stay in.