Summary: At two he meets up with Sally and she is looking good. They take a cab to the theater and make out on the way. Sally really likes the show but Holden doesn't like it because he thinks that the actors are phonies. During intermission Sally sees another boy that she knows and goes to talk to him. This annoys Holden. After the show Sally wants to go ice skating so Holden takes her. When they get there they get skates and she changes into a short skirt to show off her body which Holden likes. They skated for awhile but they both weren't very good and Sally was ready to stop when Holden asked her if she wanted to get something to drink. While they were talking and drinking cokes Holden starts freaking out and yelling and whispering to Sally. He says that he wants to leave with her and go to Vermont or Maine. When she says no he yells at her and she starts crying. He tries to apologize but she won't let him. So he leaves without her.
Response: I think that the date was a total disaster. It didn't help him at all. It just made him and Sally mad. He acting worse. He freaked out for no reason at all. I think he needs to get home right away before he hurts himself.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Catcher In The Rye Chapter 16
Summary: He goes for a walk to think about the nuns and how unselfish they are. While he is walking he thinks about Phoebe and how much he wants to talk to her. He remembers that there is a record he wants to buy for her. So he goes to a store and buys it for her. He remembers that she likes to go roller skating at the park so he goes there to look for her, but he doesn't see her and asks a girls if she has seen her. She says that she might be a museum because it is Saturday. Holden starts to go but remembers that if is Sunday and that she wouldn't be there. He has time to kill so he goes anyway. While he is walking there he thinks about the exhibits. When he finally gets there he gets very depressed for no reason and doesn't want to go in.
Response: It is good that he wants to see his sister. I think that she could get him out of his depression and get him feeling better. It isn't good that he can go from feeling better to feeling terrible so quickly. One minute he was fine and wanted to go to the museum and the next he said you couldn't pay him to go. Hopefully the date makes him feel better again.
Response: It is good that he wants to see his sister. I think that she could get him out of his depression and get him feeling better. It isn't good that he can go from feeling better to feeling terrible so quickly. One minute he was fine and wanted to go to the museum and the next he said you couldn't pay him to go. Hopefully the date makes him feel better again.
Catcher In The Rye Chapter 15
Summary: He checks out of the hotel and starts to think about his parents and how his dad hates when he loses things. He says that his mother isn't handling Allie's death very well and has been feeling sick for a long time. He worries about how she might take him getting kicked out of school again. He calls up Sally, a girl he knew from before and sets up a date with her. He then gets some breakfast at a little sandwhich shop. While he is eating two nuns come in and eat next to him. He starts talking to him and enjoys their company very much. He even gives them ten dollars. After they leave he feels bad that he only gave ten bucks and says that money just depresses people.
Response: I think it is a good thing that he set up a date with Jane. He needs to talk to someone. Getting to talk to those nuns was very good for him because they got his mind of Jane and being depressed. They really helped him out. Hopefully his date goes well with Jane and he will feel better about himself.
Response: I think it is a good thing that he set up a date with Jane. He needs to talk to someone. Getting to talk to those nuns was very good for him because they got his mind of Jane and being depressed. They really helped him out. Hopefully his date goes well with Jane and he will feel better about himself.
Catcher In The Rye Chapter 14
Summary: Holden stays up for a little while longer smoking and thinking about Allie. He finally goes to sleep but is abruptly woken up by a knock on his door. He opens his door and sees the guy from the elevator with Sunny. He is demanding another five dollars from Holden. When Holden says no he comes in and pins him up against a wall while Sunny takes the money out of his wallet. He calls Maurice a moron and gets punched in the stomach. He lays on the floor for a while then goes to bed.
Response: Holden never should have gotten a striper. He should have known that only bad things were going to happen. That just shows how lonely he is, that it effects how he thinks. If he would have been thinking normal i highly doubt he would have gotten into such a bad mix up. I think he needs to get some sleep and hopefully he will feel better in the mourning.
Response: Holden never should have gotten a striper. He should have known that only bad things were going to happen. That just shows how lonely he is, that it effects how he thinks. If he would have been thinking normal i highly doubt he would have gotten into such a bad mix up. I think he needs to get some sleep and hopefully he will feel better in the mourning.
Catcher In The Rye Chapter 13
Summary: He was feeling so bad that he walked all 41 blocks back to the hotel. While he was walking he was thinking about the guy who stole his gloves and how he would confront him. When he gets back to the hotel he takes the elevator to his room. There is another man in the elevator who asks him if he wants a prostitute. He accepts a "throw" for five bucks and gets off the elevator. He walks around his room nervous about the girl who is coming. When she gets there he doesn't want to do anything except talk. The girl, Sunny, says that she got woken up to do this and doesn't want to talk. So she says that she is going to leave if they don't do anything. Holden pays her five buck and she leaves.
Response: This was the bad thing that I was talking about. He only got the girl for some company and when she didn't want to talk she left leaving him alone, again. Getting a prostitute was a very bad idea that he only did because of his loneliness.
Response: This was the bad thing that I was talking about. He only got the girl for some company and when she didn't want to talk she left leaving him alone, again. Getting a prostitute was a very bad idea that he only did because of his loneliness.
Catcher In The Rye Chapter 12
Summary: He takes a cab to a club that his brother used to go to a lot. He wants to see Ernie play the piano. He gets a crumby table that is behind a pole and when he listens to Ernie play he isn't impressed. He sees a girl named Lillian that used to go with his brother. He doesn't like her very much and is forced to leave when he tells her he has to go so he doesn't have to sit with then at their table.
Response: I think that he should have sat with them. He needs company to get his mind off of Jane. He needs to have company before he does something that he might regret.
Response: I think that he should have sat with them. He needs company to get his mind off of Jane. He needs to have company before he does something that he might regret.
Catcher In The Rye Chapter 11
Summary: He is sitting in the lobby of the hotel and is thinking about the time he spent with Jane. He talks about how they got very close but never did anything physical, just held hands. He talks about how much fun he had with her. He brings up a time when he was playing checkers with her and she started crying when her mom's boyfriend came home and asked her if she had a cigarette. Holden sees that she is crying and starts kissing her to comfort her.
Response: I think that remembering all of these things isn't doing Holden any good. It is just reminding him about how good things were. Which makes him feel even more depressed and lonely now. I think that he should call her up so that he doesn't feel so bad. Talking to her has to cheer him up.
Response: I think that remembering all of these things isn't doing Holden any good. It is just reminding him about how good things were. Which makes him feel even more depressed and lonely now. I think that he should call her up so that he doesn't feel so bad. Talking to her has to cheer him up.
Catcher In The Rye Chapter 10
Summary: He feels lonely so he goes to the Lavender Room at his hotel. It is a room where a band is playing and you can order drinks. While he is there he tries to order alcohol but the waiter doesn't give him any because he is too young. He is sitting next to three girls so he dances with them and eventually sits with them. After awhile they go to bed and he pays for their drinks. He goes out to the lobby and just sits there.
Response: I think Holden is very lonely and had a very good time with the girls even though he says he didn't. He can't Jane out of his mind and he isn't tired which is kinda strange because it is really late.
Response: I think Holden is very lonely and had a very good time with the girls even though he says he didn't. He can't Jane out of his mind and he isn't tired which is kinda strange because it is really late.
Catcher In The Rye Chapter 9
Summary: Holden gets off the train and wants to call someone, but when he gets to the phone he realizes that he doesn't want to talk to any of the people he might call. He leaves the station and gets a cab. While he is riding in the cab he asks the driver if he knows where the dicks go in the winter, but the driver doesn't know. He checks into his hotel and sees a man dress up like a chick across the hotel courtyard. He then decides to call up this lady named Faith. He wants her to come over but she says that it is too late so he hangs up.
Response: I think that Holden should go home. He is very lonely and needs to talk to someone. He should talk to his parents or his sister who it seems he likes very much. I don't think alone time is a very good thing for him right now.
Character List:
Phoebe - Holden's little sister, who he likes a lot she is ten
Response: I think that Holden should go home. He is very lonely and needs to talk to someone. He should talk to his parents or his sister who it seems he likes very much. I don't think alone time is a very good thing for him right now.
Character List:
Phoebe - Holden's little sister, who he likes a lot she is ten
Catcher In The Rye Chapter 8
Summary: He just left Pency and is riding a train to town. While he is on the train a lady comes on and sits next to him. She notices that he has a Pency Prep sticker and asks if he went there. She said that her son goes there to. Ernest Marrow was in a Holden's history class. Holden started to tell her a bunch of lies that he knew she wanted to hear about how good her son was at everything. He kinda liked her so he asked her to join him for a drink. When she says no she asks him what he is doing on the train and he lies and tells her he has a tumor and is having an operation.
Response: I think that he should be more careful about who he talks to because they could tell his parents what is going on and he might not get to spend some time alone. Its probably a bad thing that he can lie so well. It will probably come back to get him later.
Character List: Mrs. Marrow- Ernest's mom who Holden talks to on the bus, very nice lady
Response: I think that he should be more careful about who he talks to because they could tell his parents what is going on and he might not get to spend some time alone. Its probably a bad thing that he can lie so well. It will probably come back to get him later.
Character List: Mrs. Marrow- Ernest's mom who Holden talks to on the bus, very nice lady
Catcher In The Rye Chapter 7
Summary: Holden goes into Ackley's room to get away from Stradlater. He talks to Ackley for a little while but Ackley says that he has to go to sleep because he is going to mass in the mourning. So he goes to sleep and Holden just lays on the other bed in the room for a few minutes thinking about Jane. Then he got up and started packing his things. Once he was packed he left the dorm and Pency for good. He decided to go on a little vacation to NYC so his parents could cool down after they found out that he got kicked out of school.
Response: I think that a little vacation will be good for him. He seems really stressed out and the Jane thing really set him off. A few days to himself should be good for him.
Response: I think that a little vacation will be good for him. He seems really stressed out and the Jane thing really set him off. A few days to himself should be good for him.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Northwest Africa and Southwest Asia
1. Recently in Iran a soccer game lead to some severe penalties for its participants, Why? and what were the penalties?
2. What is Sharia or Shar'iah law?
3. What is the difference between Shiite and Sunni Muslims?
4. Three major religions have their beginnings in this region. What are they and what did they begin?
1. The game was between men and women, the officials were suspended.
2. It is a religious law that favors men over women
3. The Shiites and Sunni differ in who took control of the Muslim religion after Muhhamad died.
4. Christianity 0 AD, Muslim 610 AD, and Islam 622 AD
2. What is Sharia or Shar'iah law?
3. What is the difference between Shiite and Sunni Muslims?
4. Three major religions have their beginnings in this region. What are they and what did they begin?
1. The game was between men and women, the officials were suspended.
2. It is a religious law that favors men over women
3. The Shiites and Sunni differ in who took control of the Muslim religion after Muhhamad died.
4. Christianity 0 AD, Muslim 610 AD, and Islam 622 AD
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Catcher In The Rye Chapter 6
Summary: Holden gets in a fight with Stradlater because he says that he gave Jane "the time" in Ed Banky's car. He also says that the paper Holden did for him is wrong because he wrote about a stupid baseball glove. Holden hits Stradlater in the face and Stradlater pins him down on the ground and tells him to be quiet. When Holden keeps on calling him a moron he punches him in the face. Holden got knocked out, when he woke up Stradlater told him to wash his face.
Response: If Stradler wanted his paper to be done a certain way he should ahve done it. He should have known better than to say he did stuff with Jane when he knew that Holden liked her. Holden was kinda asking to get hit when he kept on making fun of Stradlater.
Response: If Stradler wanted his paper to be done a certain way he should ahve done it. He should have known better than to say he did stuff with Jane when he knew that Holden liked her. Holden was kinda asking to get hit when he kept on making fun of Stradlater.
Catcher In The Rye Chapter 5
Summary: He meets up with his friend named Mal Brossard, and they go to a movie with Ackley. When they get there they realize they all have seen the movie so they just get some burgers and play pinball. After a while they go back to their dorms and Holden writes a paper for Stradlater. He writes about his brother named Allie who had a baseball glove that he wrote peoms on so he wouldn't get bored playing baseball. Allie is dead so the glove means alot to Holden.
Response: I think it would be cool to go to a school where you could just take a bus and go to a movie, get some burgers and just hang out. I think that Allie's glove means a lot to Holden, that's why he wrote about it. It would be very though to lose a brother.
Character List:
Mal Brossard - good friend who is on the wrestling team
Response: I think it would be cool to go to a school where you could just take a bus and go to a movie, get some burgers and just hang out. I think that Allie's glove means a lot to Holden, that's why he wrote about it. It would be very though to lose a brother.
Character List:
Mal Brossard - good friend who is on the wrestling team
Catcher In The Rye Chapter 4
Summary: Stradlater is getting cleaned up to go on a date with a girl. He goes to the bathroom to shave and Holden follows him. Stradlater tells Holden that he is going out with a girl named Jane. Holden used to know Jane very well. Stradlater wants Holden to write a paper for him while he is on the date so he doesn't have to do it after.
Response: I think that Holden really likes Jane and is upset that Stradlater is going on a date with her. Holden should have gone to talk to her if he really liked her because she prolly would have wanted to see him again. I wouldn' t do the paper for Stradlater, if he needs to do the paper he should stay home and do it.
Character List:
Jane Gallagher - Girl that is going on a date with Stradler, Holden met her before and got to know her really well.
Response: I think that Holden really likes Jane and is upset that Stradlater is going on a date with her. Holden should have gone to talk to her if he really liked her because she prolly would have wanted to see him again. I wouldn' t do the paper for Stradlater, if he needs to do the paper he should stay home and do it.
Character List:
Jane Gallagher - Girl that is going on a date with Stradler, Holden met her before and got to know her really well.
Catcher In The Rye Chapter 3
Summary: Holden says that he is a junior and he lives in a dorm room at Percy. He starts reading a book that he bought. He is also wearing a new hat that he bought in New York. While he is reading a kid named Ackley comes into his room through the shower curtain. He walks around Holden's room picking things up and moving them. He won't let Holden read his book and won't leave when Holden tells him to. Holden's roommate comes in which makes Ackley leave right away because he doesn't like Stradlater.
Response: I can see why not many people like Ackley, he seems like a slob who thinks he is better than everyone else. I wouldn't like him to come into my room whenever he wants to and have him move my stuff around.
Character List:
Ackley - Lives in the dorm next to Holden's he is a slob
Stradlater - Holden's roommate
Response: I can see why not many people like Ackley, he seems like a slob who thinks he is better than everyone else. I wouldn't like him to come into my room whenever he wants to and have him move my stuff around.
Character List:
Ackley - Lives in the dorm next to Holden's he is a slob
Stradlater - Holden's roommate
Catcher In The Rye Chapter 2
Summary: Mrs. Spencer invites him into the house so he can talk to Mr. Spencer. Mr. Spencer is sick and is sitting in his bedroom reading. He is wearing an old bathrobe and Holden can see his old looking chest. Which Holden thinks is gross. He doesn't like seeing his teacher like this and almost wishes that he didn't show up to say goodbye. Mr. Spencer starts lecturing him about his actions and how they have consequences. Holden starts to lie to him so he will stop lecturing him. Holden makes and excuse and leaves Mr. Spencer's house.
Response: This wasn't the first time he has been lectured by a teacher. He should listen to Mr. Spencer because he is really trying to help him. I think he will have a rough life if he continues to not care about anything.
Response: This wasn't the first time he has been lectured by a teacher. He should listen to Mr. Spencer because he is really trying to help him. I think he will have a rough life if he continues to not care about anything.
Catcher In The Rye Chapter 1
Summary: The main characters name is Holden. He goes to Percy Prep High School in Pennsylvania. He is the manager of the fencing team and earlier in the day he lost all of their equipment on the subway. He is standing on a hill watching the "big" football game. He says that he is getting kicked out of school. He leaves the game to go talk to his history teacher Mr. Spencer who is sick but wants to talk to him.
Response: After reading the first chapter I think that Holden is a smart kid who doesn't care about the consequences of his actions. I think he means well but usually gets himself into trouble. This book is setting the stage for an interesting story.
Character List:
Holden - main character
Mr. Spencer - History teacher at Percy
Response: After reading the first chapter I think that Holden is a smart kid who doesn't care about the consequences of his actions. I think he means well but usually gets himself into trouble. This book is setting the stage for an interesting story.
Character List:
Holden - main character
Mr. Spencer - History teacher at Percy
Monday, January 26, 2009
Gaza
What is going on with the Gaza Strip? Who is to blame? What should the United States do about what is going on? Summarize the situation, Take a position on what is to be done, Defend your position.
The Israeli army invaded the Gaza Strip on Dec. 27th. I think that Hamas is to blame. I think that we should stay out of the situation because we have enough of our own problems to worry about. Basically Hamas was shooting missiles at Israel. Israel had enough of it so they invaded that Gaza Strip. I think that the situation will resolve itself before we have to get envolved. The UN is making measures to control the situation. Unless it gets more severe (Nuclear Missiles) I think the US should stay out of it. Hamas was asking for it and I think it was good for Israel to take a stand and say enough is enough.
The Israeli army invaded the Gaza Strip on Dec. 27th. I think that Hamas is to blame. I think that we should stay out of the situation because we have enough of our own problems to worry about. Basically Hamas was shooting missiles at Israel. Israel had enough of it so they invaded that Gaza Strip. I think that the situation will resolve itself before we have to get envolved. The UN is making measures to control the situation. Unless it gets more severe (Nuclear Missiles) I think the US should stay out of it. Hamas was asking for it and I think it was good for Israel to take a stand and say enough is enough.
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