I chose this passage because again, this is another side to Holden. To me, the way that he acts I think that he would be all for doing things with girls and not caring about their feelings. I think that he would be the main person to do "crumby" things with girls because of the attitude that he has about everything.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Literary Luminary
"...I can even see how it might be quite a lot of fun, in a crumby way, and if you were both sort of drunk and all, to get a girl and squirt water or something all over each other's face. The thing is, I don't like the idea. It stinks, if you analyze it. I think if you don't really like a girl, you shouldn't horse around with her at all, and if you do like her, then you're supposed to like her face and if you like her face, you ought to be careful about doing crumby stuff to it, like squirting water all over it. It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes." pg. 62
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I agree with you Amanda- this does show another surprising character quality of Holden's. Holden does seem as one who would fool around with girls, and act as a "clown" around them. However, as shown by your chosen passage, Holden does not feel this way; this truly surprises me because usually, the person who acts as a tough guy is the one who is yearning for attention. Holden's ironic actions in this excerpt make me question whether or not he is one who SEEMS as though he has a rough exterior, but really is a warm-hearted being, or one who truly DOES have a rough exterior.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree Amanda. But I think that the reason Holden feels this way, is because in the situation he is talking about Jane [the girl he likes and knew forever.] I was surprised to see that as the book continued, Holden continues to have conflicts about the way he or other men treat women.
ReplyDeleteInteresting you picked this passage Amanda. Holden seems so ahead of his life with the smoking and wanted to be independent, getting kicked out of school, etc, but he can't seem to find the proper way to treat Jane.
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