Throughout the book he just complains and complains. For example, when Ackley is in his room he stresses about everything he does.
Why would it matter? You are leaving the campus anyway.
Also, he is the worst with girls. Either he gets played or he screws up. For example, the hooker he got winded up getting Holden beat up
because he acted like and idiot. Another thing, why would you get mad at Stradlater for going out with a girl that you are crushing on if you are leaving the
campus anyway.
Along with his happy attitude towards his roommate and his awesome luck with girls, he also does really well in too. Sike!
He flunks out because he doesn't agree with the teachers. Are you serious? You flunked out of three schools buddy, so obviously its
not the school, its you. School is important, you cant just flunk out.
Finally, he has a bad relationship with his parents too. This is simply because he does bad in school. They do not like that.
If anything, do good in school for your families sake.
In conclusion, Holden has too wake up and realize you only live once. He has to stop being an idiot and straighten his act up
to have a successful and lovable life.
Focus: Were the facts I stated correct?
Again, Alex, I don't necessarily disagree with the approach you've taken here. In fact, you could have written this commentary in the form of a letter to Holden. (You choose to write in the second-person at times, and I think it would have been interesting to see an argument voiced in whole in this way.) What I think you could have done more with (as with your Miller post) would be to support these strong assertions with more detailed analysis of the novel.
ReplyDeleteAs far as facts are concerned, you got the basic facts that you present here about the plot of the novel correct. However, what you spend most time voicing here are statements of opinion. These could have been elaborated on through more thorough textual analysis than what you present here. If you were to do so, I think these statements would read more like arguments and less like blanket judgments about Holden's behavior, choices, and perspectives.