"It isn't important, I know, but I hate it when somebody has cheap suitcases. It sounds terrible to say it, but I can even get to hate somebody, just looking at them, if they have cheap suitcases with them" (108).
"Goddamn money. It always ends up making you blue as hell" (113).
"I mean you'd be different in some way–I can't explain what I mean. And even if I could, I'm not sure I'd feel like it" (122).
"I hope to hell when I do die somebody has the sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddamn cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers in your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody" (155).
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Ch. 15-20
1.) "'Hey, I got a flit for you,' I told him. 'At the end of the bar. Don't look now. I've been saving him for ya." / "'Very funny,' he said. 'Same old Caulfield. When are you going to grow up?'" (144)
(!!) and then he continues trying to get Luce to talk about sex but he won't.
2.) I appreciated that Holden calls Luce out when he says his former girlfriend is "probably the whore of New Hampshire" (145). Really relevant given our discussions about whether or not Holden is a misogynist.
I think more than anything he's very black and white about things. There's that section in the beginning of Ch. 17 where he talks about girls & boys; I think that's relevant to this. And then of course how he views "childhood" vs "adulthood." And his fear of "flits." We could have a whole discussion about that one. Etc.
(!!) and then he continues trying to get Luce to talk about sex but he won't.
2.) I appreciated that Holden calls Luce out when he says his former girlfriend is "probably the whore of New Hampshire" (145). Really relevant given our discussions about whether or not Holden is a misogynist.
I think more than anything he's very black and white about things. There's that section in the beginning of Ch. 17 where he talks about girls & boys; I think that's relevant to this. And then of course how he views "childhood" vs "adulthood." And his fear of "flits." We could have a whole discussion about that one. Etc.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
ch 15-20 lions
"I used to think she was quite intelligent, in my stupidity" 105, again stupid girls and stupid holden for not knowing girls are stupid
more self loathing when he talks about suitcases and nuns' breakfasts around 110
Holden's talk about the museum strikes crazy resemblance to our talk in class. He loves that the museum display cases never change, the only thing that changes is you. Like Sal reading catcher again 120 ish
"If you do something too good, then after awhile, if you don't watch it, you start showing off. And then you're not as good anymore" 126
"And all of a sudden, i did something I shouldntve. I laughed" 134
"when the hell are you going to grow up" 146
"WHo wants flowers when youre dead? Nobody." 155
more self loathing when he talks about suitcases and nuns' breakfasts around 110
Holden's talk about the museum strikes crazy resemblance to our talk in class. He loves that the museum display cases never change, the only thing that changes is you. Like Sal reading catcher again 120 ish
"If you do something too good, then after awhile, if you don't watch it, you start showing off. And then you're not as good anymore" 126
"And all of a sudden, i did something I shouldntve. I laughed" 134
"when the hell are you going to grow up" 146
"WHo wants flowers when youre dead? Nobody." 155
jay is bae
There are many lines I could post, but my favorite part of this book happens on the last page of 18 as Holden is discussing his feelings about war movies and books. He first mentions reading A Farewell to Arms (AFTA @mrskaprak #apeng) which is a book I love (miss you Fredrick Henry). Then he continues to say that he "was crazy about The Great Gatsby. Old Gatsby. Old sport." Then I turned on my TV (after completing all the reading of course) and what was on? None other that Gatsby (well, Leo <3 ) himself. Coincidence or Salinger's ghost??
-Old Sport
Monday, April 6, 2015
migs's post
Hi friends, so my account is working but anyway some of my favorite lines from these chapters are…
"Screwballs all over the place" (61)
"I was probably to most normal bastard in the whole goddamn place--and that isn't saying much" (62)
"I think if you don't really like a girl, you shouldn't horse around with her at all, and if you do like her, then you're supposed to like her face, and if you like her face, you ought to be careful about doing crumby stuff to it, like squirting water all over it. It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes" (62)
"God, what a jerk I was" (102)
"The goddamn movies. They can ruin you. I'm not kidding" (104)
Okay, see you all soon
Migs
"Screwballs all over the place" (61)
"I was probably to most normal bastard in the whole goddamn place--and that isn't saying much" (62)
"I think if you don't really like a girl, you shouldn't horse around with her at all, and if you do like her, then you're supposed to like her face, and if you like her face, you ought to be careful about doing crumby stuff to it, like squirting water all over it. It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes" (62)
"God, what a jerk I was" (102)
"The goddamn movies. They can ruin you. I'm not kidding" (104)
Okay, see you all soon
Migs
More Lines (10-14)
"It wasn't that I didn't use to take him with me when I went somewhere. I did. But that one day, I didn't" (129)
"Only, I wouldn't have the guts to do it. I'd just stand there, trying to look tough" (116)
"If you was a fish, Mother Nature'd take care of you, wouldn't she? Right?" (109)
"They can't just ignore the ice. They an't just ignore it" (108)
"New York's terrible when somebody laughs on the street very late at night. You can hear it for miles. It makes you feel so lonesome and depressed" (106)
"All you knew was you were happy. You really were" (103)
"That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if they're sort of stupid, you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can" (95)
"Only, I wouldn't have the guts to do it. I'd just stand there, trying to look tough" (116)
"If you was a fish, Mother Nature'd take care of you, wouldn't she? Right?" (109)
"They can't just ignore the ice. They an't just ignore it" (108)
"New York's terrible when somebody laughs on the street very late at night. You can hear it for miles. It makes you feel so lonesome and depressed" (106)
"All you knew was you were happy. You really were" (103)
"That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty, even if they're not much to look at, or even if they're sort of stupid, you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can" (95)
more lines
"She has this sort of red hair, a little bit like Allie's was, that's very short in summertime" (67).
"Some people you shouldn't kid, even if they deserve it" (74).
"I'd rather push a guy out a window or chop his head off with an ax than sock him in the jaw" (89-90)
"Some people you shouldn't kid, even if they deserve it" (74).
"I'd rather push a guy out a window or chop his head off with an ax than sock him in the jaw" (89-90)
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