Ch. 7 Notes

lavish: sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious.

-Holden goes into Ackleys room and wont tell him why he got into a fight
-He lays on Elys bed and keeps Ackley up
-Ackley falls asleep and Holden gets a depressed feeling after he starts thinking about the time he double-dated with Stradlater
-Holden wakes Ackley up because he feels lonely
-Ackley gets upset and goes back to bed
-Holden decides hes going to leave Pencey and go to New York for a few days
-He packs his things and before he leaves he shouts "Sleep tight, ya morons." waking up the whole floor

Ch. 6 Notes

 linoleum: a material consisting of a canvas backing thickly coated with a preparation of linseed oil and powdered cork, used especially as a floor covering.

-Stradlater is on his way back from his date with Jane
-Stradlater gets mad about the composition Holden wrote for him so Holden rips it up and throws it away
-Holden smokes and breaks tge rule just to irritate Stradlater
-Holden finally shows some emotion (shown by the shakiness of his voice)
-Holden says he is nervous to talk to Stradlater about his date
-Holden asks what happened on the date and he says that they just sat in the car but that's all he would tell Holden
-Holden gets upset and calls him a moron and the get in a fight
-Holden's nose is bleeding so Stradlater tells him to go wash it off
-Holden decides to go into Ackley's room to see if the noise woke him up

Ch. 5 Summary

      Every Saturday night the students at Pencey would eat steak. Parents would visit on Sundays so, whenever their parents ask what they had for dinner they would say steak. Even though the steak wasn't cooked well, it made it seem as if they were being taken care of. After eating the students would go outside into the snow and mess around. Holden admires the snow and says it looks pretty. Once they were done horsing around Holden and his "friend" Mal decided to go catch a movie or get some food because they didn't have dates. Holden invited Ackley along and they ended up playing pinball and eating hamburgers. When they get back to Pencey, Ackley won't leave so Holden said he had to write Stradlaters composition. Ackley leaves eventually and Holden starts writing about his late little brother, Allie's, left handed baseball mitt. He explains how there is poems written on the fingers of the mitt in green ink. As soon as he finished he went to look out the window.

Ch. 4 Notes

-authors tone made me get irritated, upset and frustrated along with the character
-Stradlater is describe as a secret slob
-Holden finds flaws in everyone "if you knew him like i did"
-Holden compares Stradlater to Ackley
-Holden thinks there's a problem with stereotypes and how being born a certain was doesn't "give them an advantage"
-talked about sense of moral right in class
-Holden is easily offended
-it shows indirectly that Holden likes Jane

Preparing for Masterpiece Interview

Questions about my big question:
1.What do i need?
-time/scheduling
-opportunity
-materials
-people

2.What do i want?
-what matters to me
-want it to count

Highlights

compulsory: required by law or a rule; obligatory.

-questioned why Holden visits old Spencer when it seems like Spencer gets on his nerves; why does he care about his health
-Holden brags about being a good liar and yet he claims he hates phonies
-he tends to ramble on about random things; off topic? or foreshadowing?
-talks about where he lives at the school and how its named after Ossenburger
-he seems to like reading
-Ackley can't take a hint that he is not wanted in Holden's room
-Stradlater comes in and Ackley leaves

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David Copperfield

 The Catcher In the Rye
Characteristics of Holden:
-he is very straight forward
-blunt
-enjoys his alone time
-seems social but isn't very into other people
-he is very judgmental
-he is insecure in some ways
-never commits to anything
-very opinionated

Summary of Ch. 1 and 2:
-the people at Holdens old school are all rich snobs that are crooks
-Holden brings up the fact that his brother is a Hollywood writer and that his has a nice car
-the setting of the story so far is very cold
-main character doesn't like weakness or any sort of help from others
-author uses nodding of the head to show confusion
-Holden doesn't like phonies and yet he is a phony himself in some ways
-he thinks completely different from what he says
-author uses big words to show that a character is showing off his rank

The Catcher in the Rye: First Impressions

      When I first started reading I thought Holden was very straight forward. He explained how he got kicked out of this very high end all-boys school. He used to be the schools fencing manager but got axed because he was failing too may classes. He seems like an average boy, and he makes it seem like he enjoys having alone time. He isn't held on a leash like some kids are and he is free in a sense. Holden talked about how he interacts with people and how he doesn't like it when people are fake. He also mentions his family. His two parents are very kept to themselves and don't like when people share information about them. We also learn that Holden's older brother, D.B. the writer, lives in Hollywood and has a lot of "dough". Holden doesn't seem to like where he lives. I have no idea whats going to happen next, and I cannot wait to find out.

Music As Literature

Music: vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.

Literature: written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit.

      Music is a way to express yourself.  It can relax you and take your mind off of things. So, what is the difference between music and literature? Literature can be enjoyed, but once you put it into musical form it becomes a masterpiece. Music is for everyone, there is so many different genres to choose from so no matter who you are there is always something for you. Music is like a poem, it could rhyme but it doesn't have to.Music can be used for so many things like even changing your emotions.

Whats the difference?
Novel: a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.
Poem: a piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanzaic structure.
Rap: a type of popular music of US black origin in which words are recited rapidly and rhythmically over a prerecorded, typically electronic instrumental backing.
Song: a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung.
Opera: a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
Symphony: an elaborate musical composition for full orchestra, typically in four movements, at least one of which is traditionally in sonata form.

Conversation 1

     I had my first conversation with Rachel Sudik and we talked about our big questions. She told me that when she travels she wants to travel everywhere, not just one specific place. I talked to her about how I might want to travel to Florida to check out the Disney resorts. She brought up how she was thinking about being a travel agent or maybe a flight attendant. Its crazy how a lot of things connect to other things, even if its only in a small way.

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