Holden seems to be dealing with the same crises which many young adults his age are caught in. Agree or disagree.
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I agree that Holden is going through experiences that most young adults also go through. There are many students that don't do well in school and fail in many courses but do have one course that they may have a larger interest in and therefore do well in the course. For Holden, his area of expertise is English. Like many students, Holden has been the new student at few schools. He has switched schools and had to befriend new kids like every other new student. Pencey is full of “phonies” like every other school, and he is trying his best to not conform and become “one of them”. There are always people trying to be someone they’re not. It’s a process of growing up where people are just trying to discover who they are. Recently, Holden’s brother, Allie, died and he is coping with the effects of his death. Including the fact that his brother was smart, Holden thinks he’s not being fair to his family by not living up to the expectations of Allie. Many can relate to the fact that they’re always trying to please their parents.
Holden has been dealing with crises similar to many young adults that are his age, therefore I agree on that fact. The biggest problem that he seems to face is that he does not particularly care for school. This coincides with many teenagers of today. In both instances they care little for their grade outcomes and do not strive to go much further. At his age he is forced to take classes he may not enjoy and through that we see a contrast between his English grade and the grades he attains in other classes. This is much like our school because it is not until grade 12 where teenagers have their own choice at which classes they take. Another crisis that Holden faces is that he wants to be seen as someone he is not. From his conversations with his peers we see that he wants to be the “tough guy” but from his talk about Jane Gallagher we see that there is more of a soft side to him. This is visible in the lives of teenagers of today. So many of them try to be people they are not because they want to fit into a certain crowd. Many young adults face problems that are very similar to what Holden is facing in “The Catcher and the Rye” and although they may be from a different century, they still deal with the same general ideas.
Blog #1 I completely agree that Holden has been dealing with the same crises many young adults, these days, go through. Many young people have presently lost the desire to work hard for their education. This lack of effort, has become very common among teens, and seems to be getting worse and worse. Holden appears to have know aspirations for doing well in school, failing all but one of his classes clearly illustrates this. Although Holden claims to be good in English, he later explains, that the only reason he is doing well, is because he learned the material in the last school he attended. Not only does he have misfortune in grades, but he also can’t stand the people he goes to school with. In Holdens mind they are all, “fake,” like in every other school he has attended. It’s quite apparent that Holden is lonely at Pency, the school he’s presently attending, and his lack of being involved with school activities doesn’t help this predicament. This is not something that only Holden does. School teams, activities and events are frequently becoming less and less popular for young people. The age of video’s, computers and junk food is upon us and the idea of physical activity is being laughed at. Although in the time period the book is written in, TV’s and computers may not have been in such demand, the thought of school affairs was still disliked. This is the reason I stick to my decision of agreement. In truth Holden is suffering from the exact same difficulties an average teenager goes through, whether it be grades, people or activities, the crisis’s Holden is involved in prove to be very similar to that of an average young adults.
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I agree that Holden is going through experiences that most young adults also go through. There are many students that don't do well in school and fail in many courses but do have one course that they may have a larger interest in and therefore do well in the course. For Holden, his area of expertise is English. Like many students, Holden has been the new student at few schools. He has switched schools and had to befriend new kids like every other new student. Pencey is full of “phonies” like every other school, and he is trying his best to not conform and become “one of them”. There are always people trying to be someone they’re not. It’s a process of growing up where people are just trying to discover who they are. Recently, Holden’s brother, Allie, died and he is coping with the effects of his death. Including the fact that his brother was smart, Holden thinks he’s not being fair to his family by not living up to the expectations of Allie. Many can relate to the fact that they’re always trying to please their parents.
Holden has been dealing with crises similar to many young adults that are his age, therefore I agree on that fact. The biggest problem that he seems to face is that he does not particularly care for school. This coincides with many teenagers of today. In both instances they care little for their grade outcomes and do not strive to go much further. At his age he is forced to take classes he may not enjoy and through that we see a contrast between his English grade and the grades he attains in other classes. This is much like our school because it is not until grade 12 where teenagers have their own choice at which classes they take. Another crisis that Holden faces is that he wants to be seen as someone he is not. From his conversations with his peers we see that he wants to be the “tough guy” but from his talk about Jane Gallagher we see that there is more of a soft side to him. This is visible in the lives of teenagers of today. So many of them try to be people they are not because they want to fit into a certain crowd. Many young adults face problems that are very similar to what Holden is facing in “The Catcher and the Rye” and although they may be from a different century, they still deal with the same general ideas.
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I completely agree that Holden has been dealing with the same crises many young adults, these days, go through. Many young people have presently lost the desire to work hard for their education. This lack of effort, has become very common among teens, and seems to be getting worse and worse. Holden appears to have know aspirations for doing well in school, failing all but one of his classes clearly illustrates this. Although Holden claims to be good in English, he later explains, that the only reason he is doing well, is because he learned the material in the last school he attended. Not only does he have misfortune in grades, but he also can’t stand the people he goes to school with. In Holdens mind they are all, “fake,” like in every other school he has attended. It’s quite apparent that Holden is lonely at Pency, the school he’s presently attending, and his lack of being involved with school activities doesn’t help this predicament. This is not something that only Holden does. School teams, activities and events are frequently becoming less and less popular for young people. The age of video’s, computers and junk food is upon us and the idea of physical activity is being laughed at. Although in the time period the book is written in, TV’s and computers may not have been in such demand, the thought of school affairs was still disliked. This is the reason I stick to my decision of agreement. In truth Holden is suffering from the exact same difficulties an average teenager goes through, whether it be grades, people or activities, the crisis’s Holden is involved in prove to be very similar to that of an average young adults.
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