Baca and Maisami: The Struggle to find Themselves In A Place to Stand written by Jimmy Santiago Baca and Born In Amrika written by Mona Maisami, both authors suffer from feeling out of place due to their family cultures and finding their identity. Baca deals with growing up hispanic and his mother’s abandonment due to the fact that she wanted to live a “white life. While on the other hand, Maisami deals with wondering if she is more Indian than American when her Indian family visits them.
In Chapter 9-14 Holden Caulfield leaves Penecy Prep and heads to New York City. Where he will stay for a couple days before winter vacation starts and he will head home. Delaying breaking the news to his family he got kicked out of school for as long as possible. These chapters are where Holden’s loneliness becomes abundantly clear. The reader is subjected to many long rants by Holden about the company he wants, though he attempts to settle several times.
Steel Magnolias is the story of a close circle of friends whose lives come together. It starts out with a wedding that Shelby Field and Dylan McDermott were having but Shelby 's mom is scared to death that Shelby may have a baby because if she does have a baby she could die because of this disease that she was born with. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is about a group of women that form a friendship club in which the members call themselves Ya-Yas. It is a story about a mother and daughter and the healing of old wounds. The League of Their Own movie focuses on two sisters, Dottie and Kit, who work on a farm and play baseball for fun.
Some parts to my life can relate to Holden from catcher in the rye to well. In someways I can personally relate to Holden and in other ways Holden can relate to my brother. In the ways that I can relate to Holden are how he keeps all of his feelings bunched up and thrown deep so no one can find them. We both aren't people who wear our emotions on our shoulders like other people because if people find out the real way that we feel they might treat us different.
The novel The Catcher in the Rye in which we read for English was powerful. This novel was not any type of book it had much in detail and interesting things that got told. You might at the beginning think that the book is not that good and just go based off of the first chapter. Do not judge a book by it’s cover instead in this case the saying would be known as do not judge a book by the first chapter. You need to be able to read the whole novel in order to understand what happens in it and how the story is being told.
When we were younger, all we ever wanted was to be a ‘big kid’. We wanted to be able to do things by ourselves and have independence and freedom from our parents. In J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, protagonist Holden Caulfield finally had this ‘freedom’. But was it what he wanted?
Holden Caulfield lives his life as an outsider to his society, because of this any we (as a reader) find normal is a phony to him. Basically, every breathing thing in The Catcher in the Rye is a phony expect a select few, like Jane Gallagher. What is a phony to Holden and why is he obsessed with them? A phony is anyone who Holden feels is that living their authentic life, like D.B. (his older brother). Or simply anyone who fits into society norms, for example, Sally Hayes.
The story “Survivor Type” by Stephen King is a story about a man named Richard Pines. In the story Richard is trapped on an island somewhere in the Gulf of Thailand. In the story Richard speaks to us through his diary entries. In the diary entries they tell us his life story, how Richard lived his, how he got stuck on the island ,how Richard lived on the island ,how he ate himself ,and how Richard died to become a drug addled cannibal. This is also a story about man trying to survive and trying to fight society
The central idea of a book im reading titled “It” written by Stephen King, is that to never give up searching for something you cherish and love. Georgie, the Brother of the main character Bill was playing with a paper sailboat one day in the rain. While he runs after to get his boat it gets lost in a drain, while he reaches down to get it he instantly is started by a clown that states “Hey Georgie” He isn't frightened but they have a conversation about how Georgie should join the clown named Pennywise in the drain. Georgie says he just wants his plane, so the clown tells him to reach for it.
In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Mr. Antolini gives Holden Caulfield advice when he is at one of his lowest points. Already aware of Holden’s mental state and position on school, he quotes Wilhelm Stekel, a psychoanalyst, “The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.” (Salinger 188). Although Holden fails to grasp Mr. Antolini’s message, the quote applies directly to his life because of his relationship with death as a result of his younger brother, Allie’s, death. Mr. Antolini uses this quote specifically because he wants Holden take a step back and try to live for a noble cause instead of resorting to death.
We were asked to write a literacy narrative in English class and at that moment I was tracing through my memories where language or listening had any influence on me. I was stuck. I have a few instances where I could see how language at a specific moment in life influenced me, but I just could not decide what to write about. Then it hit me, it was like a bulb lit up. The most influential event that involved some aspect of literacy, was when I attended the McHenry College fair.
It may seem that Holden does not like anything at first glance, but with closer inspection, he is fond of things one may not expect from him. One of the things he likes that was not expected in the beginning was children. He seemed to dislike almost everyone and label them as “phony”. As one progresses in the book however, it is revealed that he loves kids and they are one of the few things that keep him truly happy.
From the outset, I have to say that “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger has been one of the most important and influential pieces of literature I have ever read. At its core, the book is a superb coming of age novel which discusses several extremely powerful themes such as the difficulties of growing up, teenage angst and alienation and the superficiality, hypocrisy and pretension of the adult world. These themes resonated deeply with me and were portrayed excellently through the use of powerful symbolism and the creation of highly relatable and likable characters. One such character is Holden Caulfield whom the story both revolves around and is narrated by.
Usually considered a controversial novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger can often express the feelings of being an outcast and the desire to find a meaning in the world. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of the novel, though often complains of the phoniness of the world around him, has a way of creating a deeper meaning within the readers. While the truth may be that Salinger purposely set the story in such a way that the readers will be able to connect with Holden, not often do readers find it easy to do so. While Holden believes that everything around him are wicked and phony, there is part of him trying to protect the innocence of those not corrupted by such phoniness. Although Holden wants to protect and save the innocence of children, can he really do so if cannot protect himself and trust those around him.
“I was twelve, nearly thirteen, when I first saw a dead person” (1 King). The author, Stephen, King, is foreshadowing what is going to occur in the story, The Body. In The Body, Gordie, the main character, and his group of friends go on a quest to find Ray Brower. Ray Brower is a young guy who was tragically killed by a train. The friends are able to find Ray’s body because Vern tells what he overheard in his brother’s conversation.
