KristinSegiel

Wiki 1: Last weekend i went into New York City by the subway. I sat next to your typical tourist family. You know, with the camera strap hanging from across their chest and the dad wearing 'comfortable' running shoes for walking. The girls, you could tell, were wearing their 'most fashionable' clothing, they had to be pretending that they lived there, as if. It was really hard to just stand there and watch people make idiots of themselves. Sitting down next to me was a punkish looking African girl, rockin' her white kicks and her ipod in. She had this real pissed- off look on her face as if she wanted to kick everyone's ass. Again, typical girl following the typical New york, bad-ass, stereotype. It's moments like these where i actually enjoy the odor-filled, stuffy subway ride. Great times.



As i got off the subway, up the ramp, and emerged into the 'great streets of New York,' I started walking around without a destination. I went into one of those phony tourist tee-shirt shops right before i reached the heart of the 'awesome, must-see Times Square.' There was a shirt one the front that said 'I love NY,' on the back 'NY don't love u.' Kinda made me laugh, but i put it back. I wouldn't embarass myself by actually walking up to the cashier and actually putting that shirt down onto the table, and actually purchasing it.

Last stop of the day i went into one of those one dollar pizza restaurants. I walked in and this man immediantly ran up to me and started asking me all these questions. I just told him i wanted a piece of pizza, that's it. Kind of rudely I'll admit. The restaurant was a pretty tacky, wanna-be, italy theme like some of the few restaurants you'll find the suburbs. i really hate restaurants like that. The ones that try to replicate a certain kind of culture, or ethnicity with our ethnocentrism. It's offending actually, like we were the people who invented the fortune cookie, china doesnt even have them? society is so clueless.



Wiki 2: The novel 'Looking For Alaska' i think replicates the book 'Catcher in the Rye' very well. the book is about a boy names Miles who 'seeks for his great perhaps.' He goes off to a boarding school and meets this girl who looks at life from a new perspective. She's really blunt, and she realizes alot about life from her expeirences she's had. She teaches Miles about life and her morals and it is just a really interesting story.



The next book that is somewhat identical to Catcher is 'Perks of Being a Wallflower.' This book reminds me of Catcher because it's about a boy really trying to find himself and it sort of explains his life through adolesense, just like what Holden is going through. The narrator shares his thoughts with the reader and he had some interesting things to say, just like Holden.



The song Joy i think relates to Catcher because its about someone very significant to somebody else and how the singer has tried to help and carry the person he's singing about through the hard times. this remind me of Catcher because Holden has some good morals in the story and i sort of think that the song ties in with some events in Holdens life, like his brothers death for example. One band that I think Holden would really enjoy is Simple Plan. I think he's really attch to this band because they write songs that have rough personal problems that really get you through hard times, in my opionion. The band is soft- of punkish which I think would be right up Holden aisle because Holden portrays a decietful person towards society so i think this band would be a perfect fit.