Catcher In the Rye (Pages 170-185)

Holden goes home to see his sister, and to hide from his parents. His sister's name is Phoebe and she's real young, I think he said 6 or 7 years old. She gets mad at him when he tells her that he quit school, but they dnace and have a good time anyway. It seems that no matter what happens in each of their lives, nothing will ever tear them apart.
I can relate to that with my siblings. I feel like there's not a thing they can do that would do anything to effect our relationships. They're my best friends and I would do anything for them. We're all watching Ricky Bobby right now, as a matter of fact. We don't have to do much togther, we just enjoy each other's company. I think that's the case with Holden and his little sister Phoebe.

Catcher In the Rye (Pages 135-170)

I got to the point in the book that solves my questions about Mr. Lough's comic strip from my last post. It's just a brief section, but Holden is explaining to his sister that he only cares about few things. He also says that there's only one thing he would want to be when he gets older, and that is a catcher in the rye. The name of the book. Apparently he means that when a bunch of kids are playing in the rye by a cliff, he would be aqt the edge of the cliff, waiting for kids to run off course so he can catch them and prevent them from falling off the cliff. I don't really understand how that's something you can just want to do, but whatever works for him. Why can't he just be a firefighter or an astronaut? Maybe that's the point. Maybe he's a special kind of guy that only wants to help others. Anyways I have about 40 pages left so we'll see. Also, Mr Clough gave us Lord of the Flies today.

Catcher In the Rye (Pages 105-135)

The main character just got cheated into buying a hooker for more money than he thought by an elevator operator. Not sure how a kid his age legally got one in general, but oh well. Apparently they didn't even do much besides talk, but the pimp wants ten dollars when he had previously said he only wanted five dollars. This led to Holden getting punched in the face for the second time in the book...so far. I'm predicting this kid will get punched at least another two times before the book is over.
Mr. Lough had a comic strip today with a reference to this book. I can't think of exactly what it said, but it was a reference I still don't understand. I guess I haven't gotten to that part in the book yet.

Catcher In the Rye (Pages 75-105)

This book is starting to get better, finally get it. I'm still not exactly sure what the whole point of this book is, but about half way through it, I hope the plot starts to thicken here pretty soon. It seems like Holden (the main character) is just going through life lazily and hanging out with random girls along the way. I guess that was the thing to do back then? Either way something exciting better happen soon.
There's a part in this book where Holden is hanging out in his dorm room and his roommate comes back to hang out. It reminds me of dropping my sister off for the first time at Ball State. It kinda sucked as first but after a week or so life at home wasn't so bad without her. Anyways, I used to go there for the weekend sometimes and we'd hangout in her dorm with her friends, just like they're doing in that particular chapter.

Catcher In the Rye (Pages 61-75)

The main character;s name is Holden, as I've finally found out. He is rooming at school with a big kid named Stradlater. One night, Stradlater asks him to write his paper for him, which has to be a very descriptive paper about anything such as a house or room. Holden decides to describe his brother's old baseball glove, which had a lot of poetry written on it, so he could read while he was waiting for a pitch. His brother had earlier died of leukemia.
This book isn't too bad so far. Finally starting to make sense to me, and I finally found out the main character's name was Holden. My brother told me he had read this book, so hopefully it's as good as he says it is.

Catcher In the Rye (Pages 59-61)

Iv'e only read a few pages since my last post. Been kinda busy lately, but not much has happened in the few pages I have read. This book is sort of reminding me of a combination of The Kite Runner and The Great Gatsby for some reason. Maybe it's becuase it took me a while to figure out the main character's names in those books, but the author still has yet to flat out say the main character's name, which I find strange.
Prom was last night, and it was pretty fun. My brother, who came home for the weekend, went to a wedding last night that just happened to be at The Grand Wayne Center also. We had no idea, but eventually we figured it out and he got to meet my date and everything. Pretty good night. Good thing I've never seen the movie Prom Noght, or last night would've been terrifying.

Catcher In the Rye (Pages 7-59)

Finally starting to understand Catcher In the Rye, although I couldn't tell you the main character's name. Apparently he's in some high school that has dorms for their students. He's failed out, but his parents don't know about it yet. He's going home for the week, and is hoping his mother has cooled down from the bad news by the time he gets home.
Cavs lost last night :(. Pretty mad about it. Oh well, there's always next year. As long as LeBron James sticks around.