1. How are observations of our surroundings an important way to understand our place in the world?
Our observations are important because 80% of the information we receive about the world comes through our eyes. In fact, it is said that what we say is far less important than how we say it. Body language and facial expressions, therefore, can be considered more important than the actual words used.
In society, our roles are determined by our relationships to others, and our ability to be successful depends on knowing about others and being able to adjust our behaviour in light of that knowledge. Therefore, it is extremely important that we observe others in order to understand, and change, our place in the world.
Chapter 5. Jake Hong
1.why is Holden unable to write the composition about a place and instead chooses to write about Allie's mitt?
According to the text, there is a word " I couldn't think a room or a house or anything to describe the way Stradlater said he had to have. I'm not too crazy about describing rooms and houses anyway. So what I did, I wrote about my brother Allie's baseball mitt, and it is very descriptive subject.
Chalmers: Where does this quote end?
2. How is Allie's Mitt symbolic?
The Allie's Mitt is very symbolic in catcher in the rye, because it left numerous perfect and pure memories to Holden about Allie with green-inked poems which shows the purity of Allie,for instance, Allie won't be mad at anybody, which symbolize a innocence from the adults' phonny world and all.
Chalmers:
Underline title. delete "and all"
3.How is Allie's death symbolic?
Allie represent the prefection of Holden, He had spend a nice childhood with perfect score, moreover he was a guy who spread from "matruity". Maybe this is the result that Holden wants, because he couldn't stand the phonny adults' world with full of lying hypocrites.
Chalmers:
replace "with" with "which is"
4.Why does Holden react so