Blog #46: The Catcher in the Rye

I think it might be fun to go to a boarding school like Holden Caulfield did in The Catcher in the Rye. I have gone to public school for quite some time. But I am going to be a junior in high school. Therefore, I have been in a public school for about eleven years including pre-school and all of that mumbo jumbo. But Holden has been in a boarding school for years. I know that his little sister Phoebe does not go to boarding school because she still lives at home. So I do not know if they only went to a boarding school at a certain age, or if it is only the boys who went. In The Catcher in the Rye, it never really said. Maybe Holden was just a bad kid, and they had no other choice but to send him to a boarding school. But I do not think that is the case. I say this because Holden had already been kicked out of three boarding schools and was getting kicked out of his fourth. And all of these schools were pretty close to his home in New York City. But I think you would be able to gain such a good experience from going to a boarding school. I guess I do not know if it would be a positive experience or not. If I went to a boarding school, I would like it to be further away from my home. I want to be able to meet new people, and experience new types of people. So if I went to a boarding school in Florida or maybe California, I think it would be better for me than if I went to one in Missouri. We see and experience the same people when we go places around our home. This is the Midwest, and that is about it. But overall, no matter where you go, I think boarding school would be a really good experience.

Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. New York: Back Bay, 2001. Print.