Holden (Catcher In The Rye)

Holden is the main character of the book Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. I can identify with Holden so much. He's such a character that I can imagine him being real. J.D. did a great job of creating him and his personality. This is one of the best books I've ever read and I believe it's because I really like Holden. He's got problems. Real problems. Problems that most teenagers have. He complains. This boy complains about EVERYTHING and I just find that so intriguing. At some points in the story I get sad. It's like he doesn't have any friends. Well not any REAL friends. He barely even has his family. Holden seems to be very depressed. Everything makes him sad. Even things that aren't meant to be sad. He's so alone. Forever alone. Some times I feel that way too. I feel like there's no one who really understands me. Who I am and what I'm here for. But then I realize that I'm just being silly. No one will EVER completely understand you. Thanks Holden. 

My Blood Red Hunting Hat

A hunting hat is suppose to be something that makes you stand out from the crowd. It's something that makes you, you. I have so many things I'd like to say makes me me but I'd have to say my red hunting hat is the way I talk and laugh. I have laughed in a room full of people and without even seeing me friends will shout out "Hey Kionis". People know my laugh. It's so ugly but it's a SERIOUS eyebrow raiser. My randomness also makes me up. I say some of the most random things out there and sometimes people are like (WTH?) but I don't know where it all comes from. I just basically say what ever's on my mind. In my opinion a hunting hat is not always the best thing for you. Sometimes it can have a negative effect on people. Do you really want some one to recognize you for something they dislike about you? That's where my laugh comes in. Haha. It's kinda loud and cackly if you ask me. But it's who I am. Sorry. I won't be changing it. ;)

Thankful for YOU.

  This blog goes out to a REALLY special person. I mean this person is Ebony Williams. Ebony and I became friends really at the beginning of this school year. We've known each other since freshmen year but we were never really friends. I wouldn’t say we argued but we didn’t quite see eye to eye. I guess we didn't know much about each other and from the surface I decided I didn't WANT to be her friend even though I knew nothing much about her. This was stupid of me because when I got to know more about Ebony I discovered that she's a really cool person and she has a very interesting opinion about a lot of things. Her conversation is interesting (most of the time...lol) and she's great to hang with after school. Ebony is quite funny as well. Her little jokes just have me laughing and laughing. I’m thankful that she speaks her mind in our English class. Without her I’d probably be bored to death. Mr. McCarthy is interesting but sometimes I don’t quite understand what he’s talking about and I always have to lean over and ask Ebony what he means or what’s going on. So thank you Ebony. Thanks for your friendship and your opinionated response. I love it.

Cormac Mccarthy Blog (Is Love All You Need?)

In the novel The Road Cormac Mccarthy shows a lot of love between the father and the son. It's not put in text either of them saying "I love you" but it's evident in all of their actions and most things they do. It wasn't a shock to find out that Mccarthy actually got most of the conversations out of the book (between the father and son) from actual conversations he had with his son. In this story love is basically the only thing keeping them moving. Their love for each other gives them the hope to live on and keep on carrying "the fire". So that leads me to believe that the message Mccarthy is trying to state is that love is all you really need to give you faith in times of need. Without each other I'm pretty sure they'd both have given up a long time ago. They'd have no motivation to move on. No reason to keep going.

            John said, "Papa, what would you do if I died?" I said, "I'd want to die, too," and he said, "So you could be with me?" I said, "Yes, so I could be with you." Mccarthy stated this conversation between his self and his son in an interview. He clearly feels that he'd do ANYTHING to be with his son. Whether it be in life or death. So the real question is, “Was that also the message he was sending in The Road?”  And the answer to that question is yes. The father and the son clearly don't want to live or die without each other. But honestly in a situation like the one in The Road would love keep YOU going? I probably would've given up.