The Catcher in the Rye

This story was not interesting at all. I don't understand why he couldn't just stay in a school and deal with all the normal stereo-types like all the rest of us have to. All this story tells me is that he couldn't make up his mind about anything and he was very judgemental. I didn't really like this book because I felt that it was quite purposeless. It appears that someone just decided a book for no reason and get it published.

Not to say that it didn't have any good points but the bad just outweigh the good. I don't see why he was so mean about every girl he spoke to. Everyone has their bad points and quite frankly his bad points are worse than any of theirs.

Death Of A Salesman

To understand the play you must first understand that "The American Dream" is just a way of thinking. To me the American Dream is to achieve happiness and well being within your home and work. To most it is having a lot of money and nice things. Willy wanted the American Dream but he was so focused on working a job he was horrible at because he saw someone else prevail that he lost sight of the importance of his home and family. Charlie was pointing out that just because you may have money you still may not have accomplished anything because at the end of the day all you are left with is what you sold.

Willy definitely had the wrong idea when he chose his profession. He also didn't change professions when he realized that this one wasn't the right one for him. He spent so much time trying to do good that he didn't focus on the important thing-his family.