Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Scared To Grow Up?
Now that I'm a senior it's becoming more real that I'll soon be considered as an adult, and it's scary. I always couldn't wait for this moment but, now that it's here I don't know if I really wanted it as much as I thought. It's all happening way to fast, I wish it would all just slow down but, it can't and that's reality. Holden, also had to face some of the same challenges by growing up to fast. When his brother, Allie, had died Holden had to grow up so others wouldn't see his suffering. He never really got to experience a childhood because, of such a tragic event. That's why I also thinks he lies because, he never really got to have experiences that became memories for him to look back on so, he makes up situations to make his life sound better than it was. I think he's also scared; he was always trying to act older then he actually was because, of the fact that he had to grow up faster than expected. Another, time where Holden had to grow up was in the end of the novel when he decided to tell his parents about flunking out of Pencey Prep. for the second time. He didn't want to but he made the grown up decision and did, which took a lot of guts from him to confront his parents when he hadn't been in contact with.
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Since being a freshman I've always wondered what it would be like to finally be a senior and graduate and all. Now that moment is closer than I want it to be. Like you, I'm really not ready to grow up. Every child always says that they cannot wait to grow up and then it hits you, hard. Then it's just hard to understand where exactly all that time went. I'm always thinking that I wish I was a kid again, everything was much easier then. So simplistic. Growing up is just scary and you never realize it until its happening to you. It's scary to be on your own after having your parents there for 17-19 years of your life. You have to make all new friends and get a job and move away depending on where you go to college. Its just a lot to take on in such a short period of time. I believe that's why Holden is so immature, it took it on at such a young age and just dind't know how to handle it. I like how you bring up about him not really having a childhood and thats the reason he lies. I didn't think of it that way, but I couldn't agree more.
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