The Catcher in the Rye, Chapters 1-6

Started The Catcher in the Rye this week! I guess I'll have to get my mind off Greek gods...

1. Unique - I think, that to be unique is to be you. To be your own person, not just copy someone else. You need to stand out, and sometimes just do something where someone will say, "Only they would do that..." Being unique is letting your charictaristics show. Look the way you want, say what you want, and do what you want.

2. The Adult World - Keeping individuality in the adult world is like keeping a peice of childhood inside you. You sheild a part of yourself, keeping it tucked away inside you, so you aren't like everyone else. Life after school isn't all meetings and work, to be an individual, unlike anyone else, is to do something different with your life. Spontaneous. Instead of, "I want to be a fast food cashier." be the one who walks up to someone you don't know and say, "I want to be an astronomer, and a marine biologist at the same time!" And walk away talking to yourself, muttering about how to get fish to the moon. (Holden Caulfield is a perfect example of keeping individuality, a little piece of childhood in this case, in a maturing world. He 'horses around' quite a bit, and does things no one else would do.)

3. Allie vs. my Favorite Person - I don't really have a favorite person... It's really hard to pick just one. But I have an idea of what characteristics that all those people would have, and they are just like Allie. Kind, creative, caring, interesting, and very unique themselves. I really liked the part about the poems on the baseball mitt. It's a really cool idea, very creative.
And after writing all this, I still can't choose a favorite person...

Can't wait to start reading more!