The feeling of your heart breaking
Slow but intense as if your body is trying to teach you a lesson
As if its saying, “Don’t let this happen again! Put up walls, piece this shattered heart back together”
Is it that easy? Can I just buy a bottle of Elmer's glue?
“Of course not”, society says
“This is a part of life, of everyones life”
What is, giving yourself to those who will take until there is nothing left to offer
Then leaving you for someone “bigger and better”?
Leaving you with nothing to your name
With nothing to offer the one who is truly meant for you?
And we wonder why there is divorce
The driving force of lust, dissatisfaction, anger and dishonesty get the better of us
Controlling us like we’re under a spell
But what if we lived in a patient world?
A world where everyone waited
Less tears, less hearts broken, less mistakes made
But without lies there would be no trust
And with no lust, no love
As if at an equilibrium, constantly balancing one another
Showing us that with good is evil and evil, good
This is all so prevalent in our world today
Just take a look and see for yourself
Saturday, May 5, 2012
The Catcher in the Rye Blog Post 5
"The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move...Nobody'd be different. The only thing that would be different would be you. (Salinger 121)"
This passage says that the thing he liked most about the museum was the way nothing changed. He could go back a million times and nothing would have moved, all the displays would be the same. The only thing that would change was himself.
I think that when Holden remembers seeing those still displays that captured significant times in our history, he remembered significant times in his life. He wished he could freeze those moments and memories. I think he got that bitter-sweet feeling. He felt sad because he missed the times when life was easier and he never thought of what others thought of him. He was also happy because he loved those times and remembering those times gave him a warm feeling. I think Holden felt a sense of nostalgia. He was longing for the past when thinking of how great those times were.
This is another example of Holden wrestling with childhood vs. adulthood. We can plainly see that Holden wishes to grow up but some part of him misses his childhood. The innocence and freeness of it. "He was just singing for the hell of it, you could tell... It made me feel better. (Salinger 115)" This is when Holden watches the little boy sing on the streets and another quote that shows he misses the carelessness of being a child. They don't care what others think and are oblivious to this anyways. They do what they want not taking in consideration what others would do. I think in some way Holden is trying to mimic this in his own life. He wants to live his life the way he wants. He doesn't want to participate in the "game of life". He wants to pick his own destiny and live accordingly. I hope that Holden will be able to do this and be happy.
This passage says that the thing he liked most about the museum was the way nothing changed. He could go back a million times and nothing would have moved, all the displays would be the same. The only thing that would change was himself.
I think that when Holden remembers seeing those still displays that captured significant times in our history, he remembered significant times in his life. He wished he could freeze those moments and memories. I think he got that bitter-sweet feeling. He felt sad because he missed the times when life was easier and he never thought of what others thought of him. He was also happy because he loved those times and remembering those times gave him a warm feeling. I think Holden felt a sense of nostalgia. He was longing for the past when thinking of how great those times were.
This is another example of Holden wrestling with childhood vs. adulthood. We can plainly see that Holden wishes to grow up but some part of him misses his childhood. The innocence and freeness of it. "He was just singing for the hell of it, you could tell... It made me feel better. (Salinger 115)" This is when Holden watches the little boy sing on the streets and another quote that shows he misses the carelessness of being a child. They don't care what others think and are oblivious to this anyways. They do what they want not taking in consideration what others would do. I think in some way Holden is trying to mimic this in his own life. He wants to live his life the way he wants. He doesn't want to participate in the "game of life". He wants to pick his own destiny and live accordingly. I hope that Holden will be able to do this and be happy.
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