Blog 4: Catcher in the Rye, Ch. 1 & 2

..."I'm pretty sure he yelled, 'Good luck!' at me. I hope not. I hope hell not. I'd never yell 'Good luck!' at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it," (pg. 15-16) 

This quote is important because this tells us that the main character, Holden Caulfield, isn't an optimistic person.  Because he has a pessimistic attitude about life and hope it can leads us to believe that he doesn't care what will happen to him and has a negative outlook. This may lead to his misfortune.

Has someone ever said something to you that you believed was unnecessary?

Blog 3: Pre-thinking about Catcher in the Rye

A phony person is someone who isn't genuine or a person who is fake. I feel that anyone can be a phony because any person at any age can lie about who they really are. I also believe many teenagers or people around that age tend to lie about themselves to fit in and be like everyone. Most of people who are phony do this to have a place to "fit in." But this isn't them fitting in, because they are lying  to themselves to have a group they want to befriend. I think if you are act like yourself you may not find someone who is just like you but you can find someone who has the same interests. 

Blog 2: Montana 1948, Epilogue

The events of left many scars on David, and these event effected him in his adult life. For one the death of Wesley and Julian, both who dies from stokes. This is irony because the strokes can be explained by something that is passed down form generation to generation. Yet, David think it was caused by both of them having to keep the secret about Frank. "They held it in, the pressure built, like holding you breath, and something had to blow. In there case, the vessel in their brain..."(page 171).

The death of Marie Little Solider also followed him into adulthood. On pages 172 to 173 David had a flashback about his happily memory with Marie Little Solider and Ronnie Tall Bear. He says that this is one of the only handful of moment when he felt expected, that he actually had a family. ...",because I felt, for a brief span, as thought I was a part of a family, a family that accepted me for myself and not my blood or birthright." (page 173). 

Blog 1: Montana 1948, Part III, pgs. 141-162

In part three of Montana 1984, Larry Watson sets the emotional mood 

the characters by change the way the character look at Frank. 

Throughout the entire book we look at Frank as a pervert. But on pages 

156 to 158, Wesley tell David about the time when Frank saved him 

and his friend the Highdogs, who were chasing them because Wes 

was taking golf ball from the golf course. Wes even said...

"Well,they didn't catch them but that was all right. The important thing was, they 

saved our bacon." (pg 158) From this story we start to feel sympathy and look at Frank

as a good guy.

At the end of part three Wesley and David found Frank died in the basement. The

night before when they heard Frank throwing the jars, he wasn't just trying to get attention

but he was attempt to commit suicide. This know puts Wes in a awkward position because

now everyone will want to know how he dies and what happened and his family ties will

never be the same. David is upset with the death of his uncle but, at the same he his feels

mature because his parent are including him in adult responsibility.