Friday, October 12, 2012

CITR chapter 7 question 1

1. Why does Holden feel "rotten" and "lonesome" in this chapter?
  Holden feels rotten and lonesome in this chapter because he couldn't stop thinking about Stradlater and Jane having the time in Ed's car. Holden likes Jane and can't stop thinking about her. Holden mentions that Stradlater does a technique with girls and that is to talk in a sincere and very quite voice. When ever he thought about Jane and Stradlater he felt like jumping out of a window or wishing he was dead. Holden cringes when he hears or think of sex this shows that Holden is innocent and doesn't want to grow up. Sex is in Holden's way of not growing up. Holden was also lonesome because he did want to hang around Pencey any more. So he packed his things. Holden was saying that he was going to sleep over at a cheap hotel and have a minnie vacation this made Holden feel better about leaving. He got depressed when he was packing. Holden  packed these brand new ice skates his mom gave home. That made him depressed. The ice skates symbolize childhood. He felt rotten about the skates because his mom gave him the wrong kind of skate. Holden says when every he gets presents he becomes sad. Holden doesn't want to grow older and a sign of that is birthday present showing that Holden is growing up and the presents are a reward for that but Holden doesn't believe that. Holden believes that presents are a depressing thing to receive. Holden feels like he should escape his problems by going on a Minnie vacation to a cheap hotel in new York. The reader can tell that Holden does not want to face his problems but to run away from them.

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