For this blog, I would like to discuss my feelings on when Holden visits Phoebe. Phoebe says, “You don’t like anything that is happening” (Salinger 169). This is exactly what I have been thinking the whole book.
Holden discussed with her how he hated school, which I discussed in a previous blog. He hates a lot of things, and his sister, Phoebe, notices. After Holden says that he does like things, she states that “You don’t like any schools. You don’t like a million things. You don’t” (Salinger 169). She asks him to name one thing. He claims that he likes a lot of things, but I knew that he would not be able to name anything. In the whole book, all he does is complain. He blamed the heat and the fact that he could not concentrate on why he could not think of something he liked. I think he is not only lying to himself about hating things, but he is also lying to himself it seems. At least in this chapter it does.
After what seems like a long time to a reader, and to Phoebe, he finally says, “I like Allie, and I like doing what I’m doing right now. Sitting here with you, and talking and thinking about stuff” (Salinger 171). Phoebe claims that this was not a good enough answer.
Holden really did not like anything. I think he probably just needed to go somewhere and start fresh or something. Maybe then he would start liking things. I kind of feel like Holden is an annoying person to be around, but at the same time I feel like I am just like him. Maybe that makes me annoying. I mean, I feel like the things he thinks is what everyone wishes they could think by themselves. What I mean by that is, that he has an extremely creative mind. His mind is everywhere. I feel like we would get along, though.
Phoebe just helped him realize that he really does need to get out of that school. School is not for everyone. Some people just do not do well in public school systems. I do not think that I would get along with people in a fancy school like Holden was in, either.
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