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Friday, November 20, 2009

SETTING - SECTION 4

Where are we?
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11 comments:

  1. jenniferNovember 22, 2009 at 7:43 PM

    During chapters 14-18, some places Holden goes is his hotel room, he goes down Broadway to buy a record, the theater and skating rink while on his date with Sally, and he also takes a walk in the park.

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  2. ShanellNovember 22, 2009 at 8:26 PM

    One setting a could really relate to is when he deeply describes the museum he was standing outside of. It sounds an awful lot like the Winnipeg museum, describing all the wildlife displays and what not. It makes me wonder if lots of museums in different towns all look like that?

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  3. Daniel McDonaldNovember 22, 2009 at 11:35 PM

    When I was in New York for our school trip, I visited some of the places that were discussed in this chapter. For example, we spent a long time walking up and down broadway shopping and sight-seeing, and I saw the famous skating rink near Radio City. Also, we were inside of the Radio City Music Hall where we toured the entire building and we actually were allowed to stand on the stage.
    p.s. Shanell, as for the museums, they do look a bit like Winnipeg's museum. However, picture it 10x the size and the inside of the museum is beyond comparison. I'm sure it was drastically different in the 1950's though...

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  4. sarah zaborniakNovember 23, 2009 at 1:35 PM

    Holden goes for a walk down broadway to buy a record for Phoebe on Sunday, so there was a lot of people walking around, everyone wanted to go to the movies. He went to the park to go and find Phoebe. He then went to the Musem of Natural History. He driscribed a lot of the musem. In chapter 17 Holden goes to meet Sally at the hotel, and takes her on a date to a play at the theater, and after they went skating at the skating rink. Holden went to a movie about the war at the Radio City Music hall.

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  5. SarahKNovember 23, 2009 at 1:44 PM

    I too went to New York, and when Holden talks about the setting it's very clear in my mind to visual what he's talking about. In chapter 16 Holden went to Broadway because he hasn't been there in ages. "Broadway was mobbed and messy, it was Sunday," that's exactly how i would describe it on a Sunday, so i can relate to Holden's frustration.
    On Holden's walk back from the museum he stops at the park and watches two kids play on the seesaw, and help's the kid's even the weight out. It make's me think that Holden missed out on alot of childhood activities, and deep down he wishes he was a kid again.

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  6. twNovember 23, 2009 at 1:58 PM

    Throughout the chapters 14-18 Holden seems to visit quite a few diffferent places such as the train station, a walk through the park, and as well the museum. I would imgaine the walk through the park to be quite scary especially in the 50's because back then it was much different then it is today. Also i agree with daniel that the museum is similar to winnipeg but just a lot more grand then ours and once you get inside the stuff that you see is a lot more amazing because i have also visited it when i was in new york.

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  7. KyraNovember 23, 2009 at 2:26 PM

    I like the detail that Holden uses in chapter 16 to describe the park that he's looking for his sister in. He says there wasn't really anything in the park except dog crap, globs of spit and cigar butts. It sounds like a really dirty park, and it should not be somewhere where kids hang out. On the other hand, I like how he described Broadway during his walk. I like lively streets and when there's a lot of stuff going on, and he said that the street was busy with people walking around after church and going to the movies. I wish i lived in a city more like that.

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  8. TurkNovember 23, 2009 at 3:08 PM

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  9. shahirNovember 24, 2009 at 2:04 PM

    i think the reason that Holden spends alot of time in diffrent places like the Hotel the Bar walk through the Park and through Broadway is because he wants to get rid of the memory of his brother out of his mind.HE HAS Isolated himself from his family his school and past beacuse he is having a hard time dealing with what is going on in his life also past life.He is experianceing something that other kids in his age normally dont go through in there life time.

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  10. shahirNovember 24, 2009 at 2:06 PM

    As a result, he was able to protect his vision of an ideal world instead of dealing with real people and Real situations, he daydreams about Phoebe’s innocence and Jane’s warmth. Up to this point, Holden has been able to avoid a clash between his real and his ideal worlds, but in these chapters, the conflict becomes unavoidable, and Holden is caught in a moment of crisis and danger.

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  11. KyraNovember 27, 2009 at 2:47 PM

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