1. What are your first impressions of Holden from the early chapters you have read? Do you find him an appealing character or not? Give reasons for your answer. Use specific examples from the novel to support your response.
My first impression of Holden is that I do not like him. He is very whiney and seems like he is not ‘totally with it’. He seems like he does not really care about anything. He even says himself that he does not act his age, ‘One side foo my head - the right side - is full of millions of gray hairs. I’ve had them ever since was a kid. And yet I still act sometime like I was only about twelve’.For example, he doesn’t care that he is getting kicked out of another school for failing classes, and he does not care that he left the expensive fencing equipment on the subway resulting in the team being unable to compete.
- If you were to meet him today, would you be able to relate to him? Why/why not?
I do not think that if I were to meet Holden today, I would be able to relate to him. He does not care about his health and his life, which is something that I do not find very appealing in a friend. Even though he keeps talking about people being Phonies, my impression of him is that he is the biggest phonie out of all of them.
- What is it about Holden that would or would not make him easy to relate to? Use specific examples from the novel to support your response.
The language he uses would make it not easy to relate to him. Words he uses such as ‘bastard, goddamn, and his bad language and words is not easily relatable for me. I think it would be very silly for someone to forget the fencing equipment on the subway if that was the only job that person had. I am very organized and it would relay frustrate me if one of my friends did that.
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