Wednesday, October 15, 2008
I'M DONE!!!!
I finally finished reading Catcher in the Rye and I actually kind of enjoyed the ending. At first, when he left Mr. Antolini's house and he talked of running away, I thought that he really was going to go. I was worried about how Phoebe would react to Holden leaving and I got really sympathetic towards her, but when she showed up with the suitcase and Holden decided to remain with his family, I was relieved. I think I was so relieved when Holden decided to not run away because I actually believed in what Mr. Antolini said about Holden dying nobly if he continued to live the way he did. At the end of the book, I think Holden actually learned a thing or two from the time he spent acting all depressed. I think Phoebe really made him realize that he needed to change his way of living. The book didn't really have a climax that stood out but I enjoyed how the book ended.
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Unlike your opinion, i felt the ending was kind of dull and boring. I was hoping Holden would go out to Colorado, that would have at least been exciting, compared to ending a book with a girl on a carousel. Also, with Mr. Antolini, that was kind of weird, he woke up to him rubbing his head. I was freaked out.
I agree that the book didn't have a climax or anything really important, however I felt Holden learned an important less from Mr. Antolini. I also thought that Phoebe helped teach what Holden was living towards, absolutely nothing, especially when he had no idea what he wanted to do when he was older. I did think that Mr. Antolini's lesson will remain with Holden and he will try hard at his next school
I also felt that Mr.Antollini played a huge part in the novel. Besides Phoebe, Mr.Antollini was one of the few people Holden opened up to emotionally. I enjoyed the book, not for its plot, but its stylistic originality and the way it conveyed its morals and themes about the growing pains and challenges a teenager must face to pass into adulthood.
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