Quote

In this blog, if I can write 325 words about it, I want to discuss what Mr. Antolini wrote down for Holden when Holden came to visit him.

He wrote down a quote from Wilhelm Stekel. It was, “The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one” (Salinger 188).

I really debated if I should write a whole blog on this because I personally did not, and do not, fully understand it. But I figured that if I wrote enough of what I thought of it, something would come to me. But being on only my 120^th word, I might regret this.

Mr. Antolini seems like a very bright man. Salinger writes him to be one, and Holden states several times of his brilliant mind. I think I agree with Holden about how smart he is.

A lot of people want to die and be remembered as an amazing person or some kind of a hero. Apparently, that is immature. A mature man wants to live humbly for a cause. I guess what this quote means is that a mature man wants to complete everything in his life that he should complete, be a good man, and do something for a good cause, but instead of wanting to die for that, he wants to live for it. I guess that makes more sense. I knew that if I just started rambling on about it I would understand it more. I do now. Too bad I still have 130 words to go!

I guess Holden is an immature man. Mr. Antolini probably wants him to become mature. He talks about how he thinks Holden is going to go into a falling period in his life. He wants him to get himself out of it before it is too late. I think that Holden does need to get out of his current situation. He needs to figure out what he is going to do with himself. Well would you look at that, that’s enough words.

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