A Perfect Day For Bananafish

Seymour- similar to holden in a few ways: They both seem to be deep thinkers, yet somehow give off a depressed, sullen air about themselves. They are both mysterious, and are both fans of disappearing.
Muriel: Seems to somehow be similar to Holden in ways as well. She also is mysterious, yet not so sad and self-criticizing. She gives off more of an air of self-confidence rather than Holden's superiority and judjmentalisticisty.
Sybil: is much like Phoebe, in that she is opinionated and knows what she wants. They are both very independent, innocent, and have ties to Seymour/Holden.
This story seems to be one triangle, Muriel's mother's child, Sybil, knows Seymour, who is married to Muriel. It seems like a soap opera by the time it finishes, with Seymour's suicide.

CITR 1/18

I I were Holden, and I'd just been kicked out of school, where would I go and why? First of all, I probably won't get kicked out of school. But, I would probably go home, where I'd have to face the facts, not run away from them.
Jane seems to mean a lot to Holden, so Im wondering why they didn't stay in contact. If they were as close as Holden describes, wouldn't they have at least called each other occasionally? Jane seems like a very nice person, so I can see why Holden might miss her.
Well, people can ruin things, true, but not "always." Sometimes we have no control over what happens. If someone wants to make a decision that impacts my life, whether positive or negative, I can't exactly stop them. Life is full of ups and downs, andf we ust have to go with it sometimes, and let what happens, happen. I can't think of a time someone's ruined something for me, because usually, when bad stuff happens, good things come out of it.

The Catcher In The Rye

I am really enjoying this book! I love the main character and how the author frankly describes other characters. Anyway, answers for the questions;
What does it mean to be unique? I think being unique is being yourself. Everyone was created differently, and with a different personality. If God wanted us all the same, he would have made us that way. Being unique means having interests and thoughts that no one else has. Everyone has the capacity to make a difference, but only through combined talents and personalities. My friends and I quote; "Be yourself, everyone else is already taken." Being unique is being different.
How do we keep individuality in an adult world? By not comparing yourself to others, and embracing your own identity. We are in a constant battle and search for our identity in our teen years, and our adult years are when we find out what we should be doing with our lives. By bringing professionality at the right time and humor and carefree thoughts and actions at the right times, we can all eventually find a balance and make a difference.
How is Allie's character similar to your favorite person? (One of my closest friends is Adrianne, who is currently serving as a missionary in Ecuador with her family) I can relate to the main character with this, because I was sad and mad that Adrianne had to leave, too. Not breakiung-windows mad, but I still get sad sometimes. We are still really close, via email, but Allie and died, and his brother couldn't keep in touch. Adrianne is super-smart, and she's about my age. She's a friend to everybosdy, and she's really nice. We love funny movies, and usually end up laughing really hard. Adrianne's my best friend, which it sounds like Allie was to his brother.
 I think the most significant place in this book is when he's describing his homelife, in the first chapter. he seems to have minor trouble with his parents, and he doesn't seem to like school. The beginning is always my favorite part of a book, because I find out about the character, and I get a clue of the direction of the story. With CITR, it pulled me in from the beginning, and occasionaly, I don't even realize I'm turning the pages.  

The Odyssey ending

I thought at first, when Ulysses came to the house that he would just go in and sneak-attack them. But no, he had to prepare and execute and elaborate scheme. It was very satisfying, the way he massacred them all, but after that, I felt it went downhill. It's like, all of a sudden, he's at his dad's house, and these people come, and they start fighting, and then Minerva makes a peace treaty for them. THE END. It was really abrupt, and kind of pointless, if you ask me.
I liked The Odyssey, even though it was long and kind of boring, it had detail, action, and adventure. I just have to say that I can't wait for Romeo And Juliet!

The Odyssey Chapter dieciseis

This chapter was about Telechamus going home to Ithaca, meeting "the stranger" Ulysses, and found out his father's true identity. Minerva helps Ulysses change back and forth from himself to the old man, back to himself, and into the old man. They also plot their plan to get the suitors, and Penelope has heard about Telechamus's return, but not of Ulysses'.  

The Odyssey Book quince

In this chapter, Minerva went to Telemachus and told him to go back to Ithaca and staright to the swineherds. (I realized that swineherds is like shepherds, except it's swine...) The first half of the chapter is Telechamus's journey to Ithaca, which was somewhat lacking in detail. The second half of the chapter was Ulysses and the swineherds, Ulysses still disguised as an old man. They all discussed their misfortunes and nothing super-eventful happened. I have been seeing semi-frequent typos in this printing, though I haven't counted them. in this chapter, one of them was on page109, 4th paragraph down, 4th line down. I'm assuming the author meant "death," not "Dearth."

The Odyssey Chapter catorce

In this chapter, Ulysses goes to his house disguised as an ugly old man and "meets" the pig-keeper. Basically, the pig-keeper shows him great hospitality and Ulysses tells him about his "travels." Of course, this is all a huge lie, considering he isn't an old man, he's Ulysses, and he never even stayed in Egypt for eight years! He also lies when he tries to trick the people into giving him a warm coat. I'm thinking; how's this guy supposed to be a hero when all he does is lie?