Catcher In The Rye Dialectical Journal Analysis
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Austin Haverdink
Mr. Montalbano
AP English, 2nd
20 January 2015
Quote Journals (13)
Chapter 1
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“I’d never yell ‘Good luck!’ at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it” (Salinger
16).
I found this quote very peculiar at first, because most people would interpret someone saying
“good luck” as a sincere farewell, but then as I thought about the context in which it is used it dawned on me that Holden was right to some extent. The saying “good luck” is not always a terrible thing to say of course, but in some cases it can be humiliating. In Holden’s case it is humiliating, because Old Spencer is being sarcastic, and it is implied that he is saying this because he believes Holden will not make it in life. This is a prime example of why “good luck” …show more content…
I'm an exhibitionist” (Salinger 29).
I personally think that this scene or excerpt is relatively inspiring almost. This is the first time we see that Holden shows enthusiasm and direction of energy in his life. Out of all the terrible and cruel things he says about the world, he has something left, something inside of him still that makes him jump with joy and dance with pleasure. He does sound peerlessly selfabsorbed and it might seem ridiculous, but i kind of like a happier Holden. A lot of people, especially teenagers, like this book because we feel like it has an insight to our lives in some way, some knowledge
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that no adult understands. This is one more example of it here, even though we have a grim and dramatic perspective, sometimes we get excited, which makes CIR all the more relatable.
Austin Haverdink
Mr. Montalbano
AP English, 2nd
23 January 2015
Quote Journals (89)
Chapter 8
.
“Mothers are all slightly insane” (Salinger 55).
I can’t be fully sure about my interpretation of this quote, because this quote has an endless amount of possibilities for its true meaning. I believe Salinger is stating that all Mothers
Austin Haverdink
Mr. Montalbano
AP English, 2nd
20 January 2015
Quote Journals (13)
Chapter 1
.
“I’d never yell ‘Good luck!’ at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it” (Salinger
16).
I found this quote very peculiar at first, because most people would interpret someone saying
“good luck” as a sincere farewell, but then as I thought about the context in which it is used it dawned on me that Holden was right to some extent. The saying “good luck” is not always a terrible thing to say of course, but in some cases it can be humiliating. In Holden’s case it is humiliating, because Old Spencer is being sarcastic, and it is implied that he is saying this because he believes Holden will not make it in life. This is a prime example of why “good luck” …show more content…
I'm an exhibitionist” (Salinger 29).
I personally think that this scene or excerpt is relatively inspiring almost. This is the first time we see that Holden shows enthusiasm and direction of energy in his life. Out of all the terrible and cruel things he says about the world, he has something left, something inside of him still that makes him jump with joy and dance with pleasure. He does sound peerlessly selfabsorbed and it might seem ridiculous, but i kind of like a happier Holden. A lot of people, especially teenagers, like this book because we feel like it has an insight to our lives in some way, some knowledge
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that no adult understands. This is one more example of it here, even though we have a grim and dramatic perspective, sometimes we get excited, which makes CIR all the more relatable.
Austin Haverdink
Mr. Montalbano
AP English, 2nd
23 January 2015
Quote Journals (89)
Chapter 8
.
“Mothers are all slightly insane” (Salinger 55).
I can’t be fully sure about my interpretation of this quote, because this quote has an endless amount of possibilities for its true meaning. I believe Salinger is stating that all Mothers