Holdens Depressing night

I thought that the night Holden had after getting drunk in New York was extremely strange. When he acts like he got shot, it almost gets a little funny. The fact that he has a history of acting like he got shot in the stomach  when he gets drunk is funny to me. It is so strange that it isn't something somebody could make up off the top of their head. On the way out of the bar, he tries to hit on the hat girl, and when she rejects him he starts to cry. When he goes out into the street, things start to get a little sad. He drops the record he buys for Phoebe and it shatters. This is actually makes the reader feel bad for Holden, as he loves his siblings, unlike almost everybody else in this book. After being outside for a while, his hair actually begins to freeze, and Heloden thinks he is going to die. This actually brings up an importatnt part in the novel. Not only does Holden bring up his own death again, he mentions that he missed his own brothers funeral because he was in the hospital. I thought the imagery was very good in this part, so I drew a picture.

A Call From Holden

Topic: I Holden called you at night in New York, what would you do, and what would you say?

Response: I would have two options if Holden called me at night in New York. My first option would be to altogether attempt to not make contact with Holden. I could answer the phone, and fake a sickness and tell him I was in bed, and am not able to go out for the night. It would have to be a fairly contagious sickness, or perhaps even something with physical attributes, as Holden will most likely attempt to persuade me to come and get some fresh air, or make a lie and claim that he is resistant to the illness. My next plan would be to combine all of the things that Holden hates most into one giant lie and hope that his Hatred for the things would cause him to give up for the night. I would tell him that I was going on a group date with my friends from the Ivy League who were visiting New York for the weekend and wanted to see all that the city had to offer. After searching around downtown for celebrities for several hours, we would attend a sophisticated theater show, and then a romantic movie, both of which we have already purchased  tickets for. If Holden still insisted that he wanted to attend, I would try to find a way to tell him that I would need to call his parents, something that, if was possible, he would have to object to, and not be able to come for the night. The problem with almost all plans is Holden's hypocrisy. Although Holden tells the readers he hates almost everything that he comes across in this story, he routinely will go against his feelings just to be around people, who he also seems to hate.