Period 5
4-15-13
Chapters 1-2
Summary: The narrator of this story is named Holden Caulfield who is seventeen years old and he tells us about being at Pencey Prep in Pennsylvania when he was sixteen. He was the captain of the fencing team and he was kicked out of school for flunking four of his classes. He goes over to his history teacher's house, Mr. Spencer, to say goodbye to him before leaving the next week. He talks with Mr. Spencer who lectures and interrogates him on flunking his classes and his future. Holden eventually makes up a lie and leaves Mr. Spencer's house.
Quotation: "I don't think I'll ever forgive him for reading me that crap out loud. I wouldn't've read it out loud to him if he'd written it- I really wouldn't"(12).
Quotation Significance: Holden becomes angry when Mr. Spencer reads the note that Holden left him on his paper about flunking the class. He feels that teachers are always treating him unfairly and that he wouldn't have read the humiliating note out loud.
Reflection: So far this book seems to be well written and I think it will be a good read. Holden has been to four schools and he obviously isn't focused on his future and doesn't care about the consequences about not taking advantage of his education and all that it can bring him. Holden is annoyed with teachers and he feels that even though he tries to be nice they also don't like him because he doesn't put in any effort. And now because of this he was kicked out of Pencey Prep and he has to go home and face his parents. Holden is narrating this story from when he is seventeen years old and he doesn't tell us where he is just that he is away from his parents in a place he doesn't like. I'm thinking that he is probably at a new school. Although Holden is flunking out of school and not thinking about his future it is easy to see that he is a good kid deep down.
Discussion Question: Why does Holden not try in school and why does he not care about his future?
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