Catcher in the Rye- 2

First of all, I just want to express my anger that I have wrote my last 22 blogs with 350 words instead of 325. I thought the required amount was 350! The over achiever I am. Anyways, there are many causes, gains, and losses of the conflict in this novel.

Before I talk about this, I should probably state what the conflict is. I think the conflict is Holden getting kicked out of school for his poor effort and, well, I will tell you in a minute.

The causes of Holden getting kicked out of school (That minute begins here,) are that he just did not care. He gave a very poor effort and rarely completed his assignments. He did what every student claims that are going to do, but chicken out for the sake of their future. He called their bluff with "busy work" and decided not to do anything. Not a good idea, though. Obviously, beings he failed out.

The gains of the conflict are that Holden gets to see Phoebe and have a heart to heart. They have always been close, but they have been away from each other for quite some time beings that Holden was off in the private schooling systems. He also gained some knowledge, in a way. With his plan to skip town and leave everything behind to go travel, Phoebe jumped on the band wagon. She made him realize that he could not go. I think he secretly was not going to go at all with how easy he decided to stay. It was probably just an idea, actually it was just an idea at the time that sounded good.

The losses due to the conflict actually are not too bad. Holden gets kicked out of school of course and has to reevaluate his life. Not being a very happy person, it was hard for him to see the benefit out of what he was doing at Pencey.

Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown, 2001. Print.