Holden Caulfield v. Forrest Gump
This week when we watched Forrest Gump, I noticed that Forrest pretty much just went with the flow. He always just did what he was told and luck came to him. Then, when I thought about Holden Caulfield in Catcher in the Rye, it seemed as if they were total opposites. Holden was a rebel and really didn't have any luck. His family was messed up, he always got kicked out of school, and he somehow always managed to get himself into a fight. However, in the end of Catcher, Holden finds his 'happy place' with his sister when he sits in the rain watching his sister on the carousel. Forrest also finds his 'happy place' when he lets Forrest Jr. off to school for the first time. I found it ironic that both of them only felt complete when they went against how they had acted all other times. Like everyone expected Forrest to be immature so he never was faced with mature decisions, but he finally grew up when he let his son go off to school. And with Holden he was always expected to be mature because he was always sent off to boarding school but when he finally let himself go and was able to be a kid for once he found himself happy. Do you guys thing they're more alike or more opposite?
-Madi
1 comment:
I dont think i am going to comment on what this blog was about.. i think i am just going to talk about the movie! i loveee this movie! the best i think we have watched all year. i mean it was funny, sad, and everything else. all else aside, it was such a great movie to watch at the time that we were at in our studies. i think i am going to watch it at my house and laugh/cry by my self!
xoxo
dayna
p.s. who wrote this blog?!
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