The Catcher in the Rye

If I was Holden and I had just been kicked out of school, I would probably end up going back home, or to one of my relatives houses. At this point in time, I wouldn't have enough money to stay at a hotel, and I would have enough money to buy my own food and drinks. If I was a little older though and had a job, I might stay in a hotel for a few days.
The character Jane in the book is obviously very important to Holden. I think the reason for this is that she is the only girl that he has actually had a real relationship with. As a child I am guessing that she was the only person that Holden has consistently spent time with that wasn't in his family. Holden hates to imagine that the one person that Holden was friends with as a child is now with Stadlater.
I think that what Holden said about how people are always ruining things for you is very true. I can remember numerous times when people have thrown away very important papers on accident.

The Catcher in the Rye: 1-7

I just finished reading to chapter 7 of the Catcher in the Rye and I liked it a lot. I thing that it was much better and easier to read than the Odessey. The story seemed to flow along better, and instead of describing a day in a paragraph it described  1 day in about 50 pages.
I think it is very good to be unique, it means that you are unique, unlike anyone else and nobody can ever take that away from you. In the book Holden Caufeild is very unique, he has already failed out of 4 schools. Even though that may not be very good, it still makes him unique.
In an adult world everyone really seems to keep individuality. Even though there might be thousands of adults working the same hours, at the same job, every day, every adult is still different. When adults do get a break, some like to stay at home and read, or hang with friends, the same kind of thing that they would have done as a kid.
I do not actually have a specific favorite person but if I did it would be someone that was different than everyone else. They would be unique, just like Allie's character is. Even though he may be flunking at school he is still good at heart and has a unique personality than anyone else, just like my favorite person would be.

Books 18-End

I liked reading to the end of the book. It was very exciting, especially when Ulysses had to kill all of the suitors. Except, Telemachus made it seem that there were hundreds of suitors, but when Ulysses was battling them it seemed that that there couldn't have been more than 50. But either way I liked the ending and I thought that it was a very good book. But one thing that I did notice was that there was a lot of commonly said sentences, for example, they said 'Thus they conversed' many times and they also said 'Minerva shed sweet sleep over her eyes' multiple times. I thought that it was touching when Ulysses met both his father, Laertes, and when he met his wife. I thought that it was a very well written book especially for when it was written, even though there were probably some editing done to the original version

Books 13-17

I liked this section the most because basically everything that we had to read was quick paced and exciting to read. Also why would Neptune hate the Phacians so much when all they were doing was good deeds. I don't think that it was a very fair punishment to bury the whole city under a mountain. When Ulysses came to the swineherd as the beggar I was surprised when he was allowed in for dinner. It seems that no matter where you went, wherever you stopped back then you were allowed to go inside and have dinner and wine. Where as nowadays, all that will happen is the owners of the house where you go will just yell at you to get off their property or something. I can't wait to find out what is going to happen at the end of the book.

Books 8-12

I think that now I understand the story a lot better having heard all about Ulysses, and his story. For example, I didn't really understand why Neptune could be so mad at Ulysses, but now that they explained the part where Ulysses blinds Polymephus, I understand. Before it was explained what had happened to Ulysses before the present time in the book, I was just guessing based on what some other characters in the story had said. Also the part with Polymephus was a little gruesome with him eating the other humans.When I first read about Polymephus, I pictured him being about ten feet tall. But then later when I read about him moving a huge rock that blocked the whole entrance, and throwing a giant boulder that sent Ulyssus's ship back to shore, I realized that he must be much bigger. Either that or he is crazy strong. One more thing that I noticed is that there are a lot of names popping up. It is a little confusing at first with all of the names, but once you learn them it gets easier.

Books 5-7

At first when I started reading this book it seemed like each page took forever. Now as I was reading, the pages seem to be flying by. They are almost going by too fast, we aren't even a third of the way done with the book and Ulysses is amost home. What is going to happen in the last two thirds of the book? Another question I had was how would Ulysses be able to stay in the water for 2 days straight, especially without any food or water, and without sleep. Also King Alcinous says that his men wilol sail him over smooth waters to his home, except there is no way that Neptune is going to give Ulysses an easy ride home. I enjoyed reading these last books, and am very happy that it is starting to move along faster.

Books 2-4

While reading these books it is very hard to keep track of all of the names. Even the character list has some Greek names instead of the Roman names. It is especially tough when you are trying to find more about a minor character in the book and the character sheet shows the Greek name, instead of the Roman name found in the book. It is also confusing when Telemachus is getting advice from all of the people, some tell him how to get their by boat, and some give him carriages. Is he getting to Ithaca by boat or carriage? I also wonder how it would take that long for Penelope to realize that her own son had gone away, and is she going to do anything in her own power to stop the suitors from killing him?