Thursday, February 12, 2009
So Far, in this book, I see Holden as a young teenage boy who is having a difficult time in his life. He's been kicked out of schools, and he doesn't fit in very well. I think that he tries to act tougher than he is because he doesn't want everyone to know that he's having a difficult time and it's getting to him. I think maybe Salinger wrote this as a comparison of something similar that's happened in his life. Maybe in some way he's like Holden and he didn't fit in very well with the "popular" crew and didn't do so well in school. Maybe he tried to act tougher than he was just like Holden.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
The movie and the book are similar in ways and different in ways too. Because i wasn't here for part of the class, i only saw the first 20 minutes of the movie. But the parts of the movie i saw, i can compare and contrast the two.
The two are similar in ways because Mitch is a reporter and he's busy with work and barely has any free time. Morrie, of course, is dying of ALS, and he loves to dance. Also, Mitch hears about Morrie on the T.V when he was flipping through the channels which is exactly how he found out about Morrie in the book. When he goes and visits Morrie, he does what he does in the book and his doing 5 things at once and pretends like he's finding his keys, when he's really finishing his conversation on the phone.
The book and the movie are different too, however. The movie is different because Mitch's wife is mad at him because he seems like he's making up ways on why he can't go see an old friend of his. She's also mad at him because he doesn't want to marry her yet because he's too busy with his job. They never mentioned that in the book, and they also don't add that she's a singer in the book either.
The two are similar in ways because Mitch is a reporter and he's busy with work and barely has any free time. Morrie, of course, is dying of ALS, and he loves to dance. Also, Mitch hears about Morrie on the T.V when he was flipping through the channels which is exactly how he found out about Morrie in the book. When he goes and visits Morrie, he does what he does in the book and his doing 5 things at once and pretends like he's finding his keys, when he's really finishing his conversation on the phone.
The book and the movie are different too, however. The movie is different because Mitch's wife is mad at him because he seems like he's making up ways on why he can't go see an old friend of his. She's also mad at him because he doesn't want to marry her yet because he's too busy with his job. They never mentioned that in the book, and they also don't add that she's a singer in the book either.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Morrie is definitely a lot different than what i pictured him as in the book. He seems stronger in the interview. He speaks clear and loud and he moves just fine too. In the book I pictured him skinnier than what he was and weaker than what he was on the video.
Morrie is a very honest person it seems in the interview when he tells Ted that he knows more than he does. He also gives his family a list of things that he wants to do like go to movies, and read funny things and stuff. Morrie also says that we should accept death and not be sad and depressed about it because it lowers your self esteem. I don't know how Morrie can accept the fact that he's dying. I would be one of the people to mourn about it all the time and ask questions like, "Why me?"
Morrie is a very honest person it seems in the interview when he tells Ted that he knows more than he does. He also gives his family a list of things that he wants to do like go to movies, and read funny things and stuff. Morrie also says that we should accept death and not be sad and depressed about it because it lowers your self esteem. I don't know how Morrie can accept the fact that he's dying. I would be one of the people to mourn about it all the time and ask questions like, "Why me?"
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