CITR. Chapter 25-26

Robby Treadwell

5/13/13

Period 4

Summary: Holden hitchhikes west from New York. He tells Phoebe to meet him at the Museum of Art to give back the money, but then when Phoebe arrives they decide to go off on their own. 

Quotation: "Im sorry I told so many people about it. About all I know is, I sort of miss everybody I told about." (214)

Quotation Significance: I had a feeling this was the case. Holden kept telling us about everyone just cause he missed them and thats why he was depressed. 

Reflection: I think this is a good way to end a book like this. All this time Holden has been on his own and then he finally meets up with Phoebe to live happily ever after. Or not we will never know. This book turns so fast, earlier on we had Holden at bars with hookers getting drunk and doing stupid stuff now he made it all the way back home and left again to go off with Phoebe. I enjoyed reading this book, it was an easy read due to the vocabulary for me and the 

Discussion Question: How do you think Holden and Phoebe will do on their own? 

CITR. Chapter 21-22

Robby Treadwell

5/8/13

Period 4

Summary: Holden reaches home and tiptoes into D.B's room to find Phoebe sleeping. He wakes Phoebe and catches up on things with her finding out that their parents are out at a party and wont be home till late. Phoebe puzzles Holden by trying to have him name something he likes. 

Quotation: "You can't even think of one thing." (171)

Quotation Significance: Phoebe asks Holden to name something that he likes but he can't. This is sad and shows us how depressed he is. 

Reflection: These two chapters were interesting to read. It was interesting to read about Phoebe's reaction of when she saw Holden, and how she had to tell him everything. Although it was sad to read about how Phoebe asks Holden to name something that he likes but he can't. All he can say is that he likes Allie. This shows us that Holden is depressed and even his family members can see it. I think that the plot would have gotten very interesting to read if Holden's parents were to come home while he was there. 

Discussion Question: What would have happened if Holden's parents came home while he was there?

CITR. Chapter 19-20.

Robby Treadwell

5/7/13

Period 4

Summary: Holden meets Luce at the Wicker bar in the Seton Hotel. When Luce leaves Holden gets super drunk trying to get with many girls and then he decides to walk to the pond in Central Park. He leaves to go walk home and talk to Phoebe. 

Quotation: "So I got the hell out of the park, and went home. I walked all the way. It wasn't too far, and I wasn't tired or even drunk anymore. It was just very cold and nobody around anywhere. 

Quotation Significance: Instead of just walking back to the hotel Holden decides to walk home to talk to Phoebe. This is going to be very interesting to read about when he gets home.

Reflection: Once it talks about how he is going to try and not wake up his parents, I knew that his parents are going to wake up when he gets home. I have a pretty confident feeling that his parents are going to wake up just to add more fuel to the plot. We are shown again how depressed Holden is when he gets so drunk and tries to get with many girls. It was interesting to read why Holden decided to walk all the way to central park to see the ducks, and how his hair begins to freeze! I am interested to see what happens when Holden reaches his home. 

Discussion Question: What are his parents going to say when they see him, if they wake up?

CITR. Chapters 17-18.

Robby Treadwell

5/6/13

Period 4

Summary: Holden meets up with Sally to take her to a play and to go ice skating. Holden begins to think about calling Jane again. Holden goes to a movie to kill time.

Quotation: "Anyway, that's who Jane dated that night. I couldn't understand it." (135)

Quotation Significance: This quotation may not have much significance but it doest show that Holden can never get his mind off of Jane. 

Reflection: These chapters weren't very interesting for me to read. It is just almost depressing to read about Holden and his problems. When I read about how Holden talks about rather being killed and sitting on an atomic bomb as a metaphor to not go to war it is pretty strong and depressing. I feel that Holden is always hanging out with girls but nothing ever happens because he just gets depressed and starts thinking about Jane. We also hear Holden start to talk briefly about Allie too. 

Discussion Question: Is Holden ever going to call Jane?

CITR. Chapters 13-14.

Robby Treadwell

4/24/13

Period 4

13-14

Summary: Holden walks forty-one blocks back to the hotel, to have a prostitute ordered to his room thanks to the elevator man for five dollars. Holden is awoken in the middle of the night by Maurice the elevator man and Sunny the prostitute to collect their five dollars Holden didn't pay because it was ten. 

Quotation: "He didn't get sore about it he never got sore about anything but I keep thinking about it anyways, when I get very depressed." (99)

Quotation Significance: We learn from this quote that Holden's really caring, and puts a lot on himself. When he is depressed about something small, he thinks about the things he did bad years ago, and adds that on to whatever he is depressed about. 

Reflection: These chapters were interesting to read. I for sure thought that when the prostitute was coming to meet Holden, that he was going to sleep with her. It was interesting to read about how Holden's view changed. It was sad to read about how Holden was beaten by Maurice because he didn't pay ten dollars only five, but it was Maurice himself that originally told him it was only going to be five dollars. As well it was sad to hear Holden talk about Allie again, and how he still feels guilty for leaving him out of a bb-war. 

Discussion Question: What was the real reason that Holden didn't want to have sex with the prostitute Sunny? 

CITR. Chapters 11-12.

Robby Treadwell

4/23/13

Period 4

11-12

Summary: Holden talks to us about the summers he used to spend with Jane in Maine due to being neighbors. He said they used to hold hands constantly. Holden goes to Ernie's night club. Holden grabs a couple drinks there and sees D.B's old girlfriend Lillian Simmons.

Quotation: "Every time I got to the part about her out with Stradlater in that damn Ed Banky's car, it almost drove me crazy."

Quotation Significance: In this quote we can really tell that Holden still cares about Jane, and that he is jealous of Stradlater being with her. This quote is sad to read because Holden really cares about her. 

Reflection: Chapter elven was actually pretty sad and depressing to read. Who would have know that Holden and Jane used to be such good of friends. I was surprised when I read that Holden would hold Jane in his arms when she would cry, and that they would hold hands. I would never have thought of this when I was first reading about Holden and Jane's relationship. I feel that Holden is going to the night clubs because a couple drinks will relieve his stress, and hanging out with other girls will take his mind off of Jane. 

Discussion Question: How is Holden going to react seeing Jane and Stradlater together?

CITR. Chapter 9-10.

Robby Treadwell

4/21/13

Period 4

9-10

Summary: Holden decides to take a cab to the Edmont Hotel. He calls a promiscuous girl because he aroused after watching some interesting asks, but Faith Cavendish needs her beauty sleep. Holden goes to the Edmont nightclub to meet three girls there and flirts/dances with them. He starts to remember his young sister Phoebe. 

Quotation: "Anyways, she was somebody you always felt like talking to on the phone." (68)

Quotation Significance: After reading the very long paragraph about Phoebe we can conclude that Holden misses her at least a little bit. I am not surprised by this though, because if a teenager is by himself traveling he is bound to get lonely.

Reflection: These two chapters were fairly interesting to read. It seems that as this book goes on Holden starts to get more and more lonely, and he is looking for someone. I found it very amusing to read about how Holden thought he could get away with looking old due to his grey hair. It was also funny to read about how he was dancing with three older women and flirting with them. Holden's the man. When he starts to talk about his little sister Phoebe and his memories with her it is sad to read because it seems like he misses her. 

Discussion Question: How is Holden going to do on his own? Is he going to be on his own for the remainder of the book?

CITR. Chapter 5-6

Robby Treadwell

4/17/13

Period 4

5-6

Summary: The boys go into town to catch a movie, and when they come back we find out about Holden's two year younger brother that died of leukemia. Once Stradlater gets back from his date, he gets in a fight with Holden giving him a bloody face.

Quotation: "I had blood all over my mouth and chin and even on my pajamas and bath robe. It partly scared me and  it partly fascinated me." (45)

Quotation Significance: Its interesting to read about how Holden was scared but yet fascinated. I don't think Holden knew that Stadlater had it in him and thats why I think Holden was fascinated. 

Reflection: I can feel the plot starting to build after reading these chapters. I think the fight between Holden and Stradlater is going to be the beginning of something big. It is sad to hear that Holden's brother had died of leukemia. It seems like nothing is going good for Holden's family. I found it interesting to read about Holden's composition and hear the kid's who read it reaction's. It must have been pretty bad considering the kid's reactions, and one said thats probably why he's getting expelled. 

Discussion Question: How is the relationship between Stradlater and Holden going to be after this fight?

CITR. Chapter 3-4.

Robby Treadwell

4/16/13

Period 4

3-4

Summary: Holden lives in Ossenburger hall next, to utterly disgusting Ackley who has no manners. Stradlater, Holden's popular roommate or known as the "secret slob" is taking a girl out named Jean Gallagher. 

Quotation: I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful." (16)

Quotation Significance: I couldn't find too many really important quotes in these chapters so I decided to choose this one because it made me laugh. Not going to lie myself but I'm pretty good at it too. 

Reflection: These two chapters weren't very interesting for me to read. So far I can't tell what the plot of this story is going to be about, but I feel that these short chapters are going to lead to something big. Even though Holden thinks Ackley is disgusting I think he's pretty funny. Anyone who can just walk in to a room and start picking their nose or flicking finger nails all over the place has got some class. He definitely sounds like my brother. When I hear that Holden wants to see Stradlater and Jean I feel that he is very suspicious for maybe a reason of jealousy. 

Discussion Question: Is Holden jealous about Stradlater and Jean? 

CITR. Chapter 1-2.

Robby Treadwell

4/15/13

Period 4

1-2

Summary: Holden Caufield writes the story from a rest home which he was sent to for therapy. Holden went to Pencey Prep high school but only passes one out of his five classes. Holden speaks to Mr. Spencer a history teacher about his academic failures.

Quotation: "I forgot to tell you about that. They kicked me out. I wasn't supposed to come back after Christmas vacation, on account of I was flunking four subjects and not applying myself at all." (4)

Quotation Significance: We learn a lot about Holden in this quote. We learn that he doesn't really care that he got kicked out, that he isn't very dedicated, and he didn't care about school.

Reflection: Although I have only read sixteen pages in this book I have already started to like it. I like reading it because I find Holden the narrator as someone I can relate to about how he doesn't want to try at all. I also really like the tone that the author uses in Holden's voice. It makes the reader, read it in a way that a teenager would and help understand where Holden is coming from. His attitude and personality is great, how he is pretty laid back and doesn't care about much living stress free.

Discussion Question: Is this whole book going to take place from Holden's rest home?

A Separate Piece. Chapter 13.

Robby Treadwell

4/2/13

Chapter 13

Period 4

Summary: Gene's class graduates, and the army watches in while Gene watches knowing he will be one of them soon. Gene talks again as when he is older and says that he never killed anyone while he served in the military. The only war he fought was the one he fought at Devon. 

Quotation: "Because it seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart." (201)

Quotation Significance: I chose this quote because it is so true. Wars aren't made by stupid acts, but they are made because everyone is so ignorant and they are always wanting more. 

Reflection: This was a good ending to a plot like the one in A Separate Piece. Gene's life at Devon high school was fairly dramatic, and full of stupid acts. I knew there was going to be a tragic event that would happen to Gene during high school for him, because after I read about the Summer Suicide Society something had to go wrong. I like how at the end Gene goes back into his older life just like in the beginning of the book. Its like the whole book is Gene talking about his career in high school. I like how Gene says that the only war he fought was the war with the enemies at Devon high school. 

Discussion Question: Does Gene ever join the real military? 

A Separate Piece. Chapter 12.

Robby Treadwell

4/1/13

Period 4

12

Summary: Finny breaks his leg again when he falls down the marble staircase. Finny says there is no war because he wants to join so bad but they won't let him because of his leg. Finny dies from marrow leaking into his bloodstream during surgery, and Gene figures it his fault. 

Quotation: "This is something I think boys of your generation are going to see a lot of," he said quietly, "and I will have to tell you about it now. Your friend is dead."(193)

Quotation Significance: Hearing these words must have been so hard for Gene. He didn't even get to say goodbye, who knew he would've said his last words before his surgery.  

Reflection: Poor Finny does not deserve to go through what he is going through! Just as he starts to walk again on his feet he breaks his leg again! I wasn't surprised when I heard why Finny kept on saying that there was no war. It seems like everything is going against Finny and then we find out that he dies! I was so surprised when I read that. Gene feels so guilty now because he thinks that it his fault. Who knew that before Gene left the infirmary that, that was going to be the last time he ever talked to best friend again. 

Discussion Question: How is Gene going to carry on the plot by himself? Is he going to enlist now for Finny?

A Separate Peace. Chapters 9-10.

Robby Treadwell

3/28/13

Period 4

9-10

Summary: Leper enlists in the military, but Gene gets a letter from Leper saying he needs his help to come save his life at his Christmas location. Gene goes to Leper's house in Vermont to find out that Leper has deserted the army because he was going to give him a Section Eight discharge. 

Quotation: "I HAVE ESCAPED AND NEED HELP. I AM AT CHRISTMAS LOCATION. YOU UNDERSTAND. NO NEED TO RISK ADRESS HERE. MY SAFETY DEPENDS ON YOU COMING AT ONCE." (137)

Quotation Significance: Gene must have been so scared when he read this later. Not only did he probably feel scared but probably guilty too because if he doesn't go Leper makes it sound like he is going to die.

Reflection: I knew someone in this book was going to enlist in the Army, but I wouldn't have guessed Leper. I bet Gene was really concerned when he saw that Leper really needed him to come help. I thought that it was pretty nice of Gene to travel all that way to Vermont to help out Leper for something that really wasn't that bad. Well I guess not living a normal life, and never finding work would be pretty bad actually. The whole carnival idea that Finny and the boys had was pretty interesting as well. Seems to me like the cider had a little something special in it. 

Discussion Question: Why were they going to give Leper a Section Eight Discharge? Was he really insane?

A Separate Piece. Chapters 7-8.

Robby Treadwell

3/26/13

Period 4

7-8

Summary: The boys are sent to work and shovel snow off the rail road. Gene finds Finny in his room after coming back to Devon, after he has said he wants to enlist with Brinker. Finny and Gene decide to cut class to catch up on the school, and Finny starts to train Gene for the Olympics while Gene teaches Finny. 

Quotation: "I grabbed the knob and swung open the door. He was seated in my chair at the desk, bending down to adjust the gross encumbrance of his leg, so that only the familiar ears set close against his head were visible, and his short-cut brown hair. He looked up with a provocative grin, "Hi pal, where's the brass band?" (102)

Quotation Significance: I chose this quote because it was just funny to picture the face that must have been on Gene's face. All of his ideas about enlisting quickly turn the corner after that. 

Reflection: Gene seems to be almost doing better off on his own without Finny there and then as soon as he gets back Gene is already cutting class, and focusing more on the Olympics. It was interesting to read about how quickly Gene's thoughts about enlisting changed when Finny got there. Who know what would have happened if Gene enlisted before Finny returned to Devon. I feel like this training for Olympics stuff is not going to go anywhere and I don't really seem the point. But who knows its a book, anything can happen. 

Discussion Question: How could Finny's conspiracy about war not being real be true?

A Separate Piece. Chapter 5-6.

Robby Treadwell

3/25/13

Period 4

5-6

Summary: Finny's leg got shattered from the fall. Gene is allowed to go see Finny in the infirmary, but they just fight about whose fault it was. They don't see each other until after break when Gene stops by at his house. Gene gets a job as an assistant senior crew manager and works for Quackenbush. 

Quotation: "You aren't going to start living by the rules, are you?" I grinned at him. "Oh no, I wouldn't do that," and that was the most false thing, the biggest lie of all. (71)

Quotation Significance: We learn two things from this quote, one Finny didn't learn his lesson about doing stupid things, and two, Gene did learn his lesson and just doesn't want to tell Finny the truth because he is scared of his reaction.

Reflection: I knew for a fact that something like this was going to happen. One of them were obviously going to pay for the stupid things that they do. I think this can relate to the benchmark essay today about following rules, and how obedience is the key to safety. Well that is very true in this situation because Finny paid the price for not following obedience. I feel like Gene and Finny are also always fighting. Its like one of them always has to be right. I liked to read  how Gene was trying to get involved in sports for Finny because Finny can't play them anymore ever again.

Discussion Question: What is going to happen to Gene when Finny comes back to school? Is there going to be anymore Suicide Society?

A Separate Peace. Chapter1-2.

Robby Treadwell

3/21/13

1-2

Period 4

Summary: Gene Forrester returns to Devon school after he graduated years ago. He has a flashback of jumping off that tree with his friends into the river. Gene and Finny were good friends and when they go to jump off the tree Finny saves Gene's life when he loses his balance.

Quotation:" The tree was not only stripped by the cold season, it seemed weary from age, enfeebled and dry. I was thankful, very thankful that I had seen it." (14)

Quotation Significance: I chose this quote because I think that the tree is resembling something or it later is going to resemble something. I also chose this because the way this quote is written is very fluent and I like the way it sounds. 

Reflection: So far this book is somewhat interesting for me to read. I liked to read about how Gene goes back to his school and has such good memory of what happened while he was there. I can relate to this because some of the stuff that he does sounds like some of the stupid stuff that I would do. I thought it was funny to read about Suicide group of summer or whatever they called it, but I feel like they are going to do something beyond stupid and hurt themselves. I am wondering if this book is going to stay reciting the memories of their past or it is going to stay in the present.

Discussion Question: Is the book going to stay referring to the past? Or is it going to go back to the present?

Night. Pages 99-109.

Robby Treadwell

3/19/13

Period 4

99-109

Summary: Eliezer wakes up at Buchenwald not with his father, but comes to find him accidentally, he is very sick. One morning Eliezer wakes up to find that his father was sent to the crematory. The nazis find out that the Nazis are coming and decide to kill all the Jews, however the American army shows up and saves him. 

Quotation: "Our first act as free men was to throw ourselves onto the provisions. We thought only of that. Not of revenge, not of our families. Nothing but bread."

Quotation Significance:  This quote is significant because it shows how the prisoners cared more about eating than noticing they were free. It also shows that they were starved very badly. (109)

Reflection: As gorry, and grotest the whole book was I was very surprised by this ending. I was almost sure that they were both going to die at the end of the book. It was pretty crazy to read that when the Nazis found out that the Americans were coming that there idea of "evacuation" was to kill all the jews in the camp. It was sad to read about how Eliezer's dad was suffering and finally died. I think that if Eliezer's dad had passed away earlier in the back that Eliezer would be a lot more healthy and safe, because he didn't have the weight on his shoulder's of caring for his father. 

Discussion Question: Would Eliezer have been better off if his father died earlier in the book, and so he could carry on the plot by himself?

Night. Pages 81-98.

Robby Treadwell

3/18/13

Period 4

81-98

Summary: The prisoners run from Buna 42 miles to Gleiwitz camp, where Juliek is killed in the middle of the night. They are put on cattle cars attached to a train. On the train they travel through German towns where bread is thrown in for them. A boy kills his dad for a piece of bread, and 12 of the 100 in Elizier's cart lived. 

Quotation: "The last day had been the most murderous. A hundred of us had got into the wagon. A dozen of us got out among them, my father and I. We had arrived at Buchenwald." (98)

Quotation Significance: This quote proves how brutal some of the living conditions were on the train. It seems that Eliezer and his dad are getting very lucky by continuing to survive in situations like these.

Reflection: These two sections were very sad to read. The author, Elie Wiesel does a very good job in the first scene of portraying an image  of a bunch of jews running for their lives. It is scary to read about how Eliezer falls asleep right next to Juliek and then when he wakes up she is dead. It seems Eliezer and his dad are running on thin ice. The worst part about these two sections was reading about how the kid killed his dad just for a piece of bread, and then that kid was killed by someone else! This book truly is brutal and shows how bad the holocaust was. 

Discussion Question: What is going to happen to them at Buchenwald?

Night. Pages 45-62

Robby Treadwell

3/13/13

45-62

Period 4

Summary: Eliezer and his dad are moved to a new block called Buna with two brothers and a violinist. There is a search out for gold crowns on teeth and when Eliezer doesn't get his pulled his dad is beat. A man is hung in front of everyone for attempting to steal food. 

Quotation: "For more than half an hour he stayed there, struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under our eyes. And we had to look him full in the face. He was still alive when I passed in front of him. His tongue was still red, his eyes were not yet glazed."

Quotation Significance: This is a very sad quote to read. They are all watching the poor kid hang in front of everyone. This truly shows that the Nazis could care less about torture and inflicting pain or death.

Reflection: This set of pages wasn't as hard to read as the last one. It was sad to read about how Eliezer's dad tried to stand up for him but he was then beat for doing that. The part that was confusing for me was when it talked about how Idek was seen having sex with someone as punishment, and then Idek whips Eliezer to the point that he passes out. I was also confused why the man wanted the gold teeth. I inferred that he probably wanted them because he could sell the gold for money. The most sad part was to read about the poor child being hung in front of everyone. 

Discussion Question: Why does the author skip forward in time during the middle of a section and then come back to the present?

Night. Pages 21-43

Robby Treadwell

3/13/13

21-43

Period 4

Summary: Everyone is packed into carts where there is barley enough room to even breath. They reach Aushwitz and smell the burn of human flesh when they get out. Eliezer is split from his mom and sister and stays with his dad to learn that they are there to be killed. They see a pit full of dead babies and one of adults.

Quotation: "The Kapos beat us once more, but I had ceased to feel any pains from their blows."

Quotation Significance: In this quote we get the impression that it sounds like the are beaten a lot by the way Eliezer says it. If you could just think of putting yourself in this situation it would be brutal.

Reflection: I have learned from reading this book that the author does not care about planting disgusting, non humane images into your head. Just picturing the cart ride to Aushwitz is hard to wrap my mind around. What really struck me was when they saw the pits for babies and adults. The nazis truly did not have any care for killing the Jews. Im sure that some of them actually did feel bad about it, but they just did it to put a dinner on the table for their family. It is sad to hear the two options the Jews had, work hard or be sent to the creamery. 

Discussion Question: What is going to happen if Eliezer's dad is taken from him and killed?