Journal Entry #6 "The Catcher in The Rye.

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1.)Holden still can't hold back his negativity.
2.)Holden is too negative therefore he lost Sally.
3.)Holden in a sense made Sally run off.
4.)Sally wouldn't accept Holden's apology.
5.)Holden found the matter to be humorous.

4 questions

1.)Why hasn't Holden learned how to control his depression?
2.)Why does Holden let small things get to him?
3.)Why did Holden ask to run away with Sally?
4.)What was going on in Sally's head as this was going on?

3 vocabulary words
1.)Blase - indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures. Pg. 164
2.)Lulus - A remarkable person, object, or idea. Pg. 167
3.)Oodles - a large quantity: oodles of love; oodles of money. Pg. 172

2 literary elements

1.)"You give me a royal pain in the a**, if you want to know the truth." This is man vs. man conflict because Holden is having a conflict with Sally. Pg. 173
2.)"Her father was one of those big silent bastards, and he wasn't too crazy about me anyhow." This is a hyperbole because there is an extreme exaggeration on Sally's father. Pg. 173

1 summarizing sentence

1.)Holden makes his own inference on life yet he cannot manage to avoid hurting someone or annoy them.