The main character in this novel is Holden Caulfield, a very judgemental teen who has seen way to much for his age. He has flunked out of many school's and criticizes people who are boring, insecure, and most of all "phony." To me is seems as though Holden is very unhappy with his life and does not make an effort to try and change it. He always worries about how other people act, but never wants to meet new people and start new friendships.
As the book progresses it seems as though Holden tries to show some maturity. He wants to move away from his sister almost showing that he does not need help anymore. While I was reading this I wandered how Holden would survive since he didn't like anyone or want to meet new people. Phoebe offers Holden her Christmas money, but he does not want to accept it. This I believe helps Holden reach adulthood and mature. Hopefully, he will realize that the idea of being fake and sneaky does not come with adulthood,but that it comes with personality. Hopefully, Holden will learn that there are many good people in the world and that they are always willing to help make the world a better place.
In conclusion, I think Holden has learned about "respect" to others and how to treat people. This young kid should change his life and make it better for himself as well as his sister. Life is all about changing and it is not to late for him to change!
I would like my post to be graded on the sentence structure and how I can better my sentences.
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Tyler, I think you have a fairly fluid style of writing, and I'm not sure what suggestions I could make about bettering your sentences. I have noticed from this and other posts that you do repeatedly begin sentences with short transitional phrases like "Hopefully,". I would suggest that you try to vary sentence structure to stay away from overly repetitive syntax.
ReplyDeleteI would like to say, too, that in the future, you should work to bring the text that you are writing about more fully into your commentaries. You talk broadly about some major issues in the Soloist, but I'd like to see you practice analyzing specific passages from the text to support some of the assertions you make.