Blog Post #3

In the movie, some lessons that Mr. Keating is teaching his students about life is that to look at things a different way. To look at things from a different angle in life. To look at poetry and see what your own voice says and what your own mind thinks of poetry and life itself. To dare and strike out and make your own ground. I guess you can say that he's trying to say to be independent and don't follow any one else but follow your own ideas.
In Catcher in the Rye, Holden is told to play by the rules. These two decisions are totally different. In the movie they are challenged to be different and make and follow your own ideas. In Catcher in the Rye, Holden is told from his teacher that in order to be successful in life you must play by the rules, like not breaking the rules, and obeying the teachers and such. So therefore Holden is told to obey and listen to other people and do this and that to be successful, but in the movie the teacher is telling them to express themselves and be unique and different and express their own ideas.

Blog Post #2

Yes I do think life is a game that one plays according to the rules. I say this because life has rules and in the game the rules are to be followed just like the laws in our world. I think of laws as rules in our world. In the world you need to be respect and be nice and kind to people especially to get bigger and better in the world. Just like in a game, you have to do this and that to get to the next level or get higher up in the ranks in the game. Also if you play by the rules in life, like doing the right thing or something you'll go down the right path and succeed. Just like in a game if you make the right moves you'll go down the winning path and also be successful. To sum it up, I do think that in order to be successful in life you got to follow the laws and play by the rules just like in a game, you got to play by the rules and make the right choices in order to win and be successful. So yes, therefore I do think that life is a game and you have to play it according to the rules.

Blog Post #1

Some ways Seymour is similar to the Banana fish is they both had peculiar habits. In the story, Seymour wears a robe to the beach and doesn't take it off. Last time I checked no one wears robes and keeps them on at beaches. The Banana fish has many peculiar habits like his life, and many other examples I'll state. They both had tragic lives and endings as well. Seymour was in the elevator with a person and he saw the person look at his feet. He then is angry and sad and finishes himself off in the hotel room with a gun to his head. The Banana fish (when it eats a lot of bananas) goes back to his hole. It turns out, when he gets in he's too fat to get back out and dies in his hole.