Respond to the following quote. What is Holden talking about in this quote? What does it reveal about him as a character and about larger themes or ideas in the book so far?
"I said no, there wouldn't be marvelous places to go after I went to college and all. Open your ears. It'd be entirely different. We'd have to go downstairs in elevators with suitcases and stuff. We'd haev to phone up everybody and tell'em goodbye and send'em postcards from hotels and all" (133).
Holden is talking to Sally in this quote, he is trying to convince her to move away with him. Randomly he asks Sally to marry him and run away with him. Sally is taken back by this question and turns It down, but Holden keeps trying to convince her. This shows that Holden, as a character, is very spontaneous with his thoughts. Earlier in the book, Holden randomly packs his bags and leaves Pency early. I think this is a repetitive thing that will continue to happen in the book.
ReplyDeleteHolden is talking about going away to college and how it is going to be. Holden isn't really particularly exited for college. Holden is talking to a girl when he says this, one who is important to him, although I forget who exactly.
ReplyDeleteHolden is talking to sally about growing up and going away before things change. He is telling her how if they don't go away now then things will be completely different than if they where to go away when Sally suggested. He says that they might become boring and he might become the kinda of guy that talks about his gas mileage and plays bridge.
ReplyDeleteI think this quote shows that Holden doesn't want to grow up. I think he thinks that why he grows up everything is going to turn boring and dull.
The person that Holden is talking about is a person who thinks everything is "marvelous" and wants to go everywhere. This quote shows that Holden is very self centered and has a negative outlook on anything that is positive or anyone who looks cheerful. He doesn't wanna give anyone any type of "feeling", meaning he doesn't want people to think anything of him. It shows that the theme of this book is dark, trying to give the reader a message that if you are negative all the time, you will have a bad outlook on EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE you meet and see.
ReplyDeleteHolden is talking to a girl he met up with to see a show with her. He is talking about how he just wanted to leave with her and get married, but she said yes but after he is done with college. He belives that after college, if he went, he would not be the same and they would not be the same. He belives they would be boring. This shows how much Holden wants to just get away from the normal things he doesnt want to go to college he just wants to leave right now. It seems to show that Holden is afraid to move forward in life and go to college. He just wants to stay exactly how he is and be with someone else.
ReplyDeleteThis quote is Holden talking to his date Sally. He is telling her about how he wants to run away and live some place new. I don't remember exactly but I think he wants to move to the forrest. I think this quote shows a lot about Holden and how he is kind of confused about who he wants to be and what he wants to do and the easiest way out is to just run away from everything. The weird part about this is he still wants to go to college, which I think shows that he doesn't see this as a life long thing to move somewhere new, but more of a dream to one day do this and leaving the potential to come back and have a life still.
ReplyDeleteIn this quote, Holden is talking about basically leaving everyone with this girl that he is with. Once Holden sees this girl after a while of not seeing her he falls in love with her. As said holding is talking about just leaving to go to Vermont or Massachusetts to get a job and start a new life with this girl. When he tells this to her she gets upset with Holden and kind of thinks he is going crazy in a way. This reveals that Holden just wants to isolate himself and get away from everything. It also shows that Holden just wants to be an independent person.
ReplyDeleteHolden is talking to Sally and telling her that they should run away together, to flee to Massachusettes. She tells him that it would be better and more efficient for the two of them to wait until after college. He doesn't want to wait until then because that would mean that he would have to grow up, and take responsibility for his actions. Holden would no longer be able to rely on his parent's money, and the endless supply of new prep schools. This quote shows that Holden is afraid to grow up, because he has no idea what will happen to him. He is searching for the quietest solution to runaway from his problems. Holden is so desperate that he is even willing to marry a girl that gives him "a huge pain in the ass."
ReplyDeleteHolden is talking to Sally about how he wants to run away. He's saying that if he went to a cool place after college it wouldn't be the same as going just by yourself whenever you want. He says he would still be connected to people he knows from before he left and it would be the same as not leaving at all. He thinks it would be better to just hang up the towel and just go and not be a part of your past
ReplyDeleteThis quote is from when Holden is trying to convince Sally marry and move away with him. Sally is taken back by this question and turns it down because it seems ridiculous, but Holden keeps trying to persuade her. This shows that Holden is very a very spontaneous thinker. This part reminded me of the time that Holden packed up his bags and left Pency just because he felt like it. Sometimes Holden doesn't think before he acts.
ReplyDeleteIn this quote, Holden is talking to a girl (whose name i think is Sally) and they are on a date. Holden is talking about what his life will be like after college and how it will be them together leaving their city and moving from hotel to hotel, always living on the run. They wouldn't be in a wonderful home, and he wouldn't go special places. This is just Holden being unhopeful for his future, and in his eyes, honest.
ReplyDeleteIn this quote, Holden is talking about what his life will be like when he finishes college. He believes that, even after 12-20 years of the same old repetitive school life that everyone has to endure, once you're launched into the real world and the work-force, everyone is basically just doing the same thing with a different title. The only difference, as far as he's concerned, is that you'll mostl likely be far away from those you care about.
ReplyDeleteIt revels that he has a negative personality. H is talking about jobs after collage.
ReplyDeleteThis is Holden talking about running away with the girl who he met up with at the play. He is taking about how they could run away together and live in a small house and he could get a job and they could live happily ever after. But she is denying him and he is getting pretty mad. It shows us that Holden really just wants to get away from it all. It, being his life and how everything is going so far. It tells us that at the begining when he first saw her coming down the stairs, that he could of married her right there. This shows that he changes his mind a lot, and that he might use other excuses to try and get away from reality.
ReplyDeleteIn this quote, Holden is talking to Sally about running away together now and how it wouldn't be nearly as exciting if they were together as adults. This reveals that Holden has a pessimistic view on growing up (growing up seems to be a theme in this book), in which he imagines that daily activities will be much more tedious.
ReplyDeleteThis quote reveals that Holden is against college maybe because he's afraid that he might not have what it takes to cut it in college. Also another thing that popped in my head is that if he went to college, he would have no one to tell and that might upset him.
ReplyDeleteHolden is talking about his future life after attending college. He seems worried about leaving his parents' care and being on his own. I think he is worried that he will never be able to settle down with someone. This quote really reveals his vulnerability. He is clearly worried about his life and where it will go. This quote explains the theme of life that is inextricably linked to Holden's loneliness as a person. This is one of the many examples of Holden feeling like he is alone.
ReplyDeleteIn this quote, Holden is talking about what he is going to have to do after college. The quote shows that Holden is very pessimistic about his future and doesn't think he has much going for him. This is tied into the idea that is talked about throughout the book about Holden not thinking very highly of himself. Because of this idea, he thinks that he isn't going to have a very good future.
ReplyDeleteHolden is talking with the girl on his date and they are talking about just life itself. It reveals to the read that he isn't just some dumb kid that gets thrown out of a lot of prep schools. He is actually thinking about his future and he actually cares for his life. When I read this quote I see more challenges that he will eventually face in his future life.
ReplyDeleteHolden's talking about communicating with people when he has a job after college, and how he's not looking forward to it. The first sentence he says that there are not "marvelous" places to go, and this really shows how little he wants to finish school. In his head, he's thinking that after all the school work and effort he's put into school, he's going to be repaid with a job he hates and he'll be forced to do and say all of these cheesy things with his family, like send postcards.
ReplyDeleteIn this quote Holden is talking about skipping college and moving to Vermont with Sally and marrying her. Holden doesn't like the idea of going to college because he thinks it would be boring and he wouldn't be able to enjoy life after college. He has a thought about working in an office wearing a suit and going up and down elevators all day and he really doesn't want a life like that. A theme in the book that relates to this quote shows is that growing up makes a person have less individuality by being "phony" and working in an office every day.
ReplyDeleteIn this quote Holden is talking about college, Holden is talking about this with his friend. I think that Holden isn't interested in leaving and all the things he would have to do leading up to that point. This quote reveals how ignorant Holden really is, things that are important and that truly mean a lot to people don't to him. Holden is giving us a image of what his life would be like after college, he acts as though it would be awful. The way he describes his potential life after college makes it seem sad. He talks about having to call everyone and send them postcards like it would be a burden to let people know.
ReplyDeleteIn this quote Holden was addressing Sally. Randomly Holden said to Sally that he wanted her to come on a trip with him and go to "marvelous places." This quote reveals that Holden does indeed think about the future very much, especially what will happen to him after he completes school. He may even be slightly afraid if what's to come for him. The whole book is describing the events that lead up to a important event in Holden's life so the past, present, and future is all very significant to him
ReplyDeleteHolden is talking to the girl that he is taking out on a date (Stacy?). He is talking around the subject of running away with Stacy to Vermont and Massachusetts, and why it is not necessary for them to and live a routine life. This reveals how Holden's character is not cut and dry. He does not like the typical "American dream" of prep school, college, getting a job and starting a family.
ReplyDeleteHolden was talking to Sally I think. He was trying to talk about how upset he was with the way his life is going. Because he was staying at a hotel having to go down in elevators. Maybe he wasn't too thrilled with the idea of him having to go to college.
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