"The catcher in the rye"

     If you really want to hear about it , the first thing you will probably want to know is how i  first heard or picked up the book. During my Junior year, which was last year i would always see kids walking around with a orange book in their hands. They would be walking to their next class reading it, eating breakfast/lunch while reading it or even reading this book in their classes. I started to wonder if this was a very popular book or if it was just a class assignment. Right now i am a senior attending high school. One day i walked into my english class and my teacher started to  hand out a book to us. Every time a student received the book their  eyes would open wide like they just received a million dollars so i was really excited to see what book we were going to start reading. The book i got was the book i seen a lot of kids reading. I was confused when i first received the book because the title was "The Catcher in the Rye" but there was a picture of a carousel.
     The teacher started to share her feelings about the book and so have some students. Some people said that they enjoyed the book because sometimes you can see yourself in the main character because o fthe way he acts to everything around him and the way he talks. When I heard this i still thought that this was going to be another boring book. I don't enjoy reading books at all. As days went by and we read through the book i ended up liking this book a lot. The reason why i believe i enjoyed it is because i can see my self as the main character.
     Holden is the name of the main character in this novel. He is a very interesting, funny guy to read about. The comments he makes, the actions he does, and the tricks he plays is what gets me to enjoy this book. Holden has a problem thought, he seems like he is heading in a direction that is taking him no where in life. He has  been messing up in school and gets lost in his own life and needs to find the right path to help him gain a better future.
     In this novel there is a lot that happens with Holden. He experiences a lot of emotions. No one really takes the time to try and understand him or find out the real reason why his life is messed up. Holden has a horrible past that may be the reason why he is acting up in these strange ways. Holden needs to find help as soon as possible so he doesn't ruin anyone else's future as well as his.
     "The Catcher in the Rye" was a very interesting book. When i first got it i thought it was going to be boring like all other books but it wasn't. This book made me laugh and sometimes agree with the main character "Holden". I would definitely prefer more classes to read this book and see if they can see themselves as Holden.
  
  
      

Hide and go eat!

Imagine playing hide and go seek with your friends during lunch time in the cafeteria approximately everyday. The high school that i attend doesnt allow us to go off campus to get our own lunch, so everyone in school either eats the school lunch or brings home lunch. Being a football player is very tough. When you become a member of the team you become sealed into a brotherhood. It seems like every little thing you eat or drink you have to share with your teammates because they are always asking if they can have a bite of this, or a sip of that. Its hard to say no because then it will make me feel very selffish.I dont mind sharing here and there but everyday they are always asking. For once i would like to enjoy my own lunch by myself. Evertime i am in lunch line i know that  there are the same boys that always ask to have some food are staring at me because they have in mind "oh alright hes getting food, so ill ask him to share with me". This is when hide and go seek comes in. As soon as i get my lunch i duck down hiding behind everyone standing in line and i place my self on a random table that is far from the football boys so that they cant find me. When they notice i havent returned with my lunch they start walking around the cafeteria looking for me, and once they have found me,  its GAME OVER!
           The reason why i chose the title to be "Hide and go eat" is because it sounds just like "Hide and go seek" but  what i do is very similar to hide and go seek. Everytime i get my lunch i have to hide from my friends and they will do whatever it takes to find me so that they can eat some of my food. Football boys are always hungry. The football boys are savages, if they want something from you they will hunt you down to get it. The only way to enjoy your lunch by your self is by hiding somewhere good and eating fast.