Winter Poem

What's so exciting about being cold and a season where you have to wear big boots?
Do you like wearing big boots, and have 89732196 layers of clothing?
A season where everything is bright and white... ew.
Everyone loves COLORS!!!
Green, Yellow, Orange, Red I have 'em all.
You can pile all of the leaves together that has fallen and JUMP in them
But nope, Winter gets allllll the love.
Maybe I should get more love.
After all I show you all of the pretty colors!
well, I guess it's time to bundle up, put on your snow boots
Shovel some snow, and get Winter over with as SOON as POSSIBLE. :)

Where'd you goooo? (J.D Salinger)

     Jerome David Salinger (J.D for short) was born in Manhattan New York, on Janurary 1, 1919. He was an American Author who is most famous for his work The Catcher in the Rye. The main character of this book, Holden, can be directly related to J. D Salinger in some ways like: Holden was kicked out of a school for flunking, J.D was kicked out of school for flunking. Holden was the manager of a sports team, J.D was the manager of a sports team. J.D had also switched schools, or had to change schools frequently just like Holden. These small details with the book is just a limited insight on J.D Salinger's life.
     Well, learning more about J.D is fun. J.D wrote a short story right before WWII which featured a character named "Holden Caulfield" with pre-war jitters. Now this is the second time i've seen this name in a book by J.D. I'm starting to think this Holden Caulfield could either be J.D salinger or someone he once knew. J. D himself went into the war in which he was hospitalized soon after for combat stress reaction, after being among the first soldiers to enter a liberated concentration camp.
     Well to answer the question of where'd he go... J.D Salinger moved to Cornish, New Hampshire in 1953 where he socialized with the high schoolers, until one persuaded him to do an interview that actually ended up in the city's newspaper instead of the school's then he cut himself off from society, rarely to be seen or heard from again.

Direction this class needs

     hmmmm this is a pretty hard blog, because 5th period American Lit. already has SOOOO many good leaders (discussion wise) and which makes pretty good discussions. The class is just so intriguing. So many different points of views, on different topics that some people may never discuss have wandered through the ears, of these selected few. I feel like, our class is already directed by future Democrats, and Republicans, and Presidents, and Senators... what other direction could ONE class need? maybe we can spare some of the great personalities from our class, and share em with the others, but eh... the class just wouldn't be right. 

     Our class isn't perfect, but everyone plays a role in how the Class operates, whether the discussion is good, or bad, and whether the class will be interesting or not. I t depends on how much you engage yourself into the class, then you'll find yourself drifting away in the many, many different topics and ideas. 

Holden Caufield

Holden Caulfield is a junior at Pency High School. He has been flunking for some time and is finally being expelled. Holden wasn’t actually the greatest guy in the school and had a pretty lonely exit; no one will know that he’s gone until they graduate most likely. Now to, introduce you to Holden Caufield.

"I, Holden Caulfield, the realest man alive, everyone else... is just phony." Even though JD Salinger never stated this, it was assumed. Holden says he can tell whether some on is phony from the first time he sees them, and honestly, he thinks everyone is phony except 4 people: His brother Ally, his brother DB, Jane, and his sister Phoebe. Although he says everyone is phony and I’m real, and blah blah blah, in Chapter 2 he says “I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.” Now with him saying this, makes you have to question him throughout the book, maybe the things he tells the reader are lies, and he’s just lying about an important situation.

This investigating started for a fact, in Chapter 8. In Chapter 8, a parent of a boy at Pency was on the train with Holden. They get into conversation and Holden COMPLETELY lies to her. I doubt that he said ONE honest thing to this woman. They were talking about her son who Holden, in his mind says “oh, Hernest is the biggest jerk ever. blah blah blah. He goes in the locker room slapping guys with towels.” But instead, he tells her “oh, Hernest is the most humble man you can ever meet. He gave up speaking at an event because he was so humble and wanted to give someone else a turn. Blah blah Hernest is just perfect.” So is Holden’s definition of “phony” different or is he just phony?

 Some people in the class argued that he is phony. Others argued that “he’s so real, that he’s making an example out of a phony person, and how phony people will believe everything, anyone says because they’re phony.” Well both of them are actually quite accurate to me.

My Red Hunting Hat

     Well my "Red hunting hat" or one thing that sticks out about me is my height and voice. I'm a Sophmore, and a guy, but i'm only 5'5(so serious). So people i know, can spot me and know that it's me because of my height. This is how i'm spotted most of the time, either my height or my voice. My voice isn't really deep, it's pretty high actually. Someone once described it as a "cartoon voice." My height and voice together to the people i know just creates.... Me, Alex, everyone's favorite person :).

     On the other hand my height, when people that don't know me is around me, they'll sometimes miss me or don't pay attention to me, which is actually a good thing. Say a robber or Gang member was looking for a victim, they wouldn't purposely target someone who looks like a 6/7th grader, as i am described as. Once again it's bad because if a kidnapper or rapist was on the street, and saw me, they'd think of me as a weak kid, when in reality i'm a high schooler and will flex them if they even touch me. My voice just adds on to this illusion.