Hermit Crab Salinger!

i think salinger was a little crazy...i mean like who in their right mind would stay in their house their whole life? so i don't really connect with salinger because when i do something good, i want someone to notice (i'm not being a prick, most people are like that too!) =) but salinger doesn't want to be famous at all...he feels ashamed when people praise him!
also holden seems a lot like the modern teenager. he is the 'bad boy' that seems to be so 'in' right now. I understand that he probably has mental issues too but i can def see why parents didn't want their kids reading it! Holden also seems like salinger because he just can't make relationships last, or doesn't want them at all. so thats bout it...i think ill go feed my fish now=)

Connecting to Holden/Pencey

Soooo...i really don't know exactly why Holden is getting kicked out of Pencey but i'm guessing it's mostly b/c of his grades. There might be something that is causing him to get bad grades but it might be just a lack of motavation. At our school there are sooooo many people who are plenty smart but don't apply themselves=( i just think its sad that these kids, including Holden, could be great people and have successful lives but don't choose to persue them. This helps me understand Holden b/c i know that he could be successful but something is holding him back. =(

Modern Salinger

If a new salinger would come along, there would be lots of crap going around! Parents would hate the controversial literature. Now parents have more control over the media and they would def not allow their kids to read this new 'bad' stuff. I would want to read it, but it might be taken off the shelves before i could read it. =( there would be even more controversy now than in Salingers time!!!