a catcher in the rye

So far this book is okay. I like knowing holden's thoughts and i like his sarcasticness. It can however be hard to follow at times though. He doesnt seem to care about anything. At least thats what i think that he wants people to think. i think that he wants people to feel sorry for him because he thinks that everything/everyone is against him. i like this book so far and i think it will get better and being able to follow his thoughts will get easier as we read more of it.

Morrie Video

Watching the movie gave me a better visual of morrie and mitch. the interview that mitch saw on t.v. in the movie had some parts of the actual interview in it. so far the movie was alot like the book except for mitch's wife. the movie did a good job of illustrating mitch's busy life and morrie's strength so far. i liked that the movie showed morrie dancing and told about how much it meant to him. it gives you an idea of just how much he must miss the things that he had to give up. however i think that they could have put more about his teaching days in the movie. it would help show that he was more than just a man with a fatal disease.

To actually hear and see Morrie was different from just reading the book. To hear him telling the world about his illness made you see that this was a real person, not a fictional character. When reading the book i pictured him as an extremely weak person. Even though he is fragile he seemed stronger than what i had thought of him as. He wasn't ashamed of his illness or the fact that he was dying. Its obvious that he focuses on the things that really matter. I really like when he said that it wasn't his fault or anyone elses that he has this disease so why blame yourself or anyone else for it.

If i hadn't known about Morrie's illness before watching that video i wouldn't have guessed that he was dying. Even though he knew that his illness was soon going to take over his body he seemed like he still had much more years to come. He didn't want people to feel sad for him but to remember his story and cherish the last years of their life as well.