They often employ techniques of narrative
The author takes the idea of never having a place to live and not knowing a home but and always having to move. They always talked about getting a house but never did until recently. But it's not the huge home and luxurious lifestyle that they wanted. You see imagery when "Bricks are crumbling in places, and the front door is so swollen you have push hard to get in" this describes some of what the house looks like. Compared to how they describe their dream home the house on mango street is no where close.
They deliver interesting information
The author starts talking about their dream house and how luxurious it will be and goes into great detail about what it will be like. This almost makes you believe that it is the house they got but then he transitions into about what the house they actually got was. He still shows excitement that they could still one day get a better home and that the one they have is only temporary. It is kind of an interesting characteristic of the author that draws you in and makes you want to know if he ever gets that house.
They offer surprising information and observations
The author gives very specific about what the house is like and what is wrong with it. Like where the author says "it's small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you'd think they're holding their breath". He shows what each and everything is like. It allows you to make a more accurate picture of what the house is like.
Monday, November 23, 2015
Friday, November 13, 2015
Blog #2
One moment where there is a strong vignette is "They let me give them ten bucks as a contribution. They kept asking me if I was sure that I could afford it and all. I told them I had quite a bit of money with me, but they didn't seem to believe me, They took it, though, finally. The both of them kept thanking me so much it was embarrasing" (Salinger 105). This is a strong moment because it shows that Holden is a good hearted person, but has a few things that bother him. Even though the nuns aren't currently collecting money and he doesn't have a lot of money left he still donates.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Catcher in the Rye 9-10
Blog Option One
The old baseball mitt serves as representation of Holden's love for his deceased brother Allie. When he writes the story for Stradlater, Stradlater simply does not understand and is very rude to Holden about the story. It is like the Article on how the car has a rattle but the guy at the dealership does not hear it, he doesn't understand. Or how the author talks about how others may not understand what you go through and what your struggles are, and how she reassures that she knows we all have something like that and she understands.
The writer takes the idea of a rattle in a car and transforms it into the idea that we all have things that trouble/ bother us or is sensitive to us that not everyone may understand, but we always have someone that believes us. The article is about knowing that there is always someone going through what you are and somebody understands. The second half could apply to Holden because he keeps everything inside and doesn't tell anyone about what he feels or what he is going through, and he thinks others wouldn't understand. He could relate to when the writer says "Maybe not in your kinda newish car. Rather, that thing that is a thorn in your side, that others can't see or detect you're told to get over... I'm validating your rattle... I believe it's there" (Kagan). He doesn't tell anyone about the mitt because he thinks they wouldn't understand like when Stradlater doesn't understand why he wrote about a mitt for his paper. "'For Chrissake, Holden. This is about a - baseball glove' ... 'No wonder you're flunking the - out of here'... 'You don't do one - thing the way you're supposed to. I mean it. Not one - thing.'" (Salinger 41). Holden has times like this that make him believe no one understands but there always is someone.
The old baseball mitt serves as representation of Holden's love for his deceased brother Allie. When he writes the story for Stradlater, Stradlater simply does not understand and is very rude to Holden about the story. It is like the Article on how the car has a rattle but the guy at the dealership does not hear it, he doesn't understand. Or how the author talks about how others may not understand what you go through and what your struggles are, and how she reassures that she knows we all have something like that and she understands.
The writer takes the idea of a rattle in a car and transforms it into the idea that we all have things that trouble/ bother us or is sensitive to us that not everyone may understand, but we always have someone that believes us. The article is about knowing that there is always someone going through what you are and somebody understands. The second half could apply to Holden because he keeps everything inside and doesn't tell anyone about what he feels or what he is going through, and he thinks others wouldn't understand. He could relate to when the writer says "Maybe not in your kinda newish car. Rather, that thing that is a thorn in your side, that others can't see or detect you're told to get over... I'm validating your rattle... I believe it's there" (Kagan). He doesn't tell anyone about the mitt because he thinks they wouldn't understand like when Stradlater doesn't understand why he wrote about a mitt for his paper. "'For Chrissake, Holden. This is about a - baseball glove' ... 'No wonder you're flunking the - out of here'... 'You don't do one - thing the way you're supposed to. I mean it. Not one - thing.'" (Salinger 41). Holden has times like this that make him believe no one understands but there always is someone.
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