Thursday, October 6, 2011
Rebellion agianst Society: Courtney Hanneman
In the Novel " The Catcher in The Rye" Holden basically rebels against himself, because he never tries in school and he even said so himself when he told Mr. Spencer at the beginning of the book when he wrote on his essay at the bottom that he didn't really know what to write about cause he didn't pay attention in class that, that was all he could write about and that Mr. Spencer could fail him. in another case his parent's done talk to him and tell him how hard he needs to try or discipline him so he learns that he really needs to try and get good grades because as long as you try and know that you did everything you could that is what means the most. Because his parents don't talk or try to communicate with him that has a huge effect on him not getting good grades, because everyone in his family is smart and he probably feels like he doesn't belong due to the fact that he isn't as smart as everyone in his family.The effect this has on society is that because he isn't trying it puts pressure on other people like the school teachers, principles etc to help him become better at school but because he doesn't care and isn't willing to try it hurts him and others around him because he has to move to another school which means he has to meet knew people and because he doesn't have that communication very much with his family means its harder for him to make new friends.
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I do not get how Holden rebels against himself. I just think Holden does not care enough to try and apply himself or is just too depressed to try. Holden’s parents are not in his life enough to discipline him or tell him to try hard enough. I think Holden rebels against society the most. He rebels against society because he feels like everyone he meets is a phonies and he is the only really person in the world. I think the only person who cares about Holden in the whole book is Old Spencer. Old Spencer is the only one that really talked to Holden about what he was going to do with the rest of his life. I do not think Holden’s rebellion has an affect on society, but it does have an affect on who he is and how others look at him. I do not think he talks to his family much because he doesn’t want to disappoint them.
ReplyDeleteI don’t think that he is rebelling against himself; I believe he is just lazy. I think he has the potential to be smart, but he doesn’t want to put in the effort and try. I do agree that his parents don’t pay that much attention to him and maybe that is the whole reason why he is failing himself because he wants his parents to give him that little attention. Every time he gets kicked out of a school, his parents probably get on his case about trying harder and maybe that is all he wants, is for his parents to care about him. I believe it would be good for him to get out more and make some good friends, but he is never at a school long enough for him to make a best friend or even a friend for that matter. Part of his reason though is that he never tries and is too judgmental.
ReplyDeleteRebellion against society
ReplyDeleteGreat title it completely describes how Holden is acting in this book. The
way you describe him is spot on. What really made me reflect on the book
was the fact that you talked how he says everyone else is a phony and how
he is a walking contradiction of himself. Great point bringing up that he
is a pathological liar and how that society is affected by him not telling
people who actually is. But I don’t think his brother was a big part of
his anger. I believe it was his parents that made him how he is.