Second onee

Holden seems to grieve over his brother a lot it seems to still hurt him to this day. If i ever lost someone that was close to me like that I would of reacted the same way he did. He had anger come out. Grief I don't even know what to say about it. I have a lot of grief I guess.

First post

I really don't know how I feel about this book yet, but the way you are in his head confuses me a lot. Because he goes back and forth with things from the past then again starts talking about his feelings. The head is like that though you go back and forh through your thoughts so you can really connect how he feels and how he sees people. He seems to point out everyone's flaws such as Ackley the first thing he starts to say about him was his pimples and his disgusting behaviors he has. I really don't understand how this book is banned and how people shun against it. I see nothing wrong with it but knowing how people were in the 50's it's understandable thinking that it was like Pleasantville where people want to be perfect families but no family will ever be. Holden seems like a troubled kid. I think it's because his parents throwing him into these all boy boarding school. He must feel some neglect from thinking they don't want to be around and being kicked out of other schools and not caring about his grades failing 4 out of 5 classes or not caring about losing the equipment, laughing about it. I would be acting out too. I feel like he just wants attention from them he is begging for them to notice him that's what I think. It I don't know what to think about this book and only what's it about. No idea yet.

Arnold views his dreaming as they don't come true because he thinks at they are unreachable because he sees how his family and the other families on the reservation and they haven't came to anything in years and how poor they are and nothing comes out of it besides alcoholics. His perspective isn't high at all he wants it but the reservation is blocking it for them to come true. Arnold's attitude compared to mine is I know if I try my dreams will come true but if he tries he feels like they won't even matter when they should. If I would go up to him and say dream big I would feel like he would say I already tried but didn't succeed. Because he has been through so much that we haven't seen and wouldn't understand about. Our dreams depend on us and what we do with them if we try hard enough we will get them but if we don't we won't. When I give up on dreams is because they are to high for me to reach then others even though I could.