I think I can say that I like Holden more than I liked Telemachus. However, the sanitation at Pencey thoroughly disgusts me. I can deal with all the "goddamns" and "sonovabi***" and "hells" and alltogether lack of grammar, but those slobs....EWWWW!!!
I find myself wishing that Holden would leave already. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU ALL HATE EACH OTHER. I AM A READER, NOT A MEDIATOR. I also wish that he would have gone and said hi to Jane/Joan.
Holden is definatly an unreliable narrator, but also more relatable than Homer. "The child of morning, Rosy-Fingered dawn," doesn't stand a chance in the modern world if it's up against "goddamn morning". Yup. I really don't miss The Odyssey.
Holden's little brother that died from leukemia would make a much better narrator. And a better story, in my opinion. It seemed odd how Holden just dismissed the memory of him so suddenly. But I really do feel bad for Holden now. *sigh*
The quote this week is a perfect synopsis of my feelings over the needless chatter in The Oddyssey. And Habibi.
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." -Rhett Butler (played by Clark Gable)
Gone With The Wind, 1939 (based on the best-seller by Margeret Mitchell, and one of the best books I've read yet)
-Jenni ;D
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