Thursday, October 13, 2011
Growing Up, Damien H
Holden refuses to grow up and realize that in order to lead a successful and happy life you need to make some sacrifices. While most people realize at his point in life that they can’t always slack off and do whatever they want. While there is always time to relax and have fun you can’t just do whatever you want, whenever you want. Like how Holden has been kicked out of every boarding school he has been to. Now most people would realize that they need to change after the first school they got kicked out of. But Holden has no such realization and continues to worsen throughout the novel. He runs off before his expulsion from school is final and tries putting off seeing his parents until he thinks he’ll get off with a lesser punishment. It would seem that if he puts so much effort into not getting in trouble he would try to succeed at school in this first place. Holden also has severely low social skills. While even the most secluded of people seem to be able to have at least one friend, Holden instead seems to have walled himself off from everyone. While sometimes someone could get through to him he usually ruins it by managing to piss them off in some way. So it seems to Holden is doomed to have the immaturity of a small child.
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Hi Damian I agree with you about how Holden doesn't won't to grow up. I agree with you about how most people become more mature in live as they get older but it seems like he doesn't no how to become more mature. I agree with you on if you were to be kick out of a school then you would look at what you need to change or improve as a person but is seems like Holden doesn't care about getting kick out. Another think that Holden does when he get mad or in trouble is run away instead of staying and standing up to your problems. Also Instead of making friends and making connections for later in live Holden try's to stay away from everyone. In the end I think that holden is really immature person and he doesn't seem like he try's to change.
ReplyDeleteAlthough a lot of what you said I completely agree with, I do disagree with some points you made. I don’t agree with that Holden has that low of social skills. I think that he has the skills he needs he just refuses to use them due to his self-esteem issues. He goes through life trying to find flaws in everyone else in order to make himself feel like a better person. So, he could have great social skills he just doesn’t use them because he’s too busy focusing on the wrong in others. I also feel like he does realize what he’s doing when he gets kicked out of schools and I think that it is done all for attention. Even though he is very immature he knows what he’s doing and I think he has the mindset that if he acts in these ways he’ll get the attention he craves for. I do agree with you that he needs to grow up. He can’t go through life thinking he can do whatever he wants and you made a very good point of that.
ReplyDeleteHolden should relize when he gets kicked out of a boarding school that he should really straighten up his act but not him he just wants to keep getting kicked out of them and wants to keep going on to a different one. He should really stop and think if this is what he wants to do for the rest of his teenage years and never being able to do things because he never tried at anything that he has been put to. Holden shouldn't of walled himself off from the outside world and his family I think he should of been more of an open person and the people that he encounters would try to give him a boost to get all his grades up and stop getting kicked out of school and sent to a different one. I see that could be very hard on him to do but it is his own fault for getting moved around all the time and not being able to make many friends because he is not in the same school for more than a semester.
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