JD Salinger.

I can connect with Salinger in how he writes about what he has been through. He based his book off of his life. I dont necessarily write books about my life and what i have been through, but i sometimes write in my journal. My friends can kind of be my book because i tell them what ive been through and they help me out. I am predicting that Holden or someone might kill an individual in the story because of Mark David Chapman killing John Lennon and saying it was done to promote Catcher in the Rye. Reading this article makes me understand Salinger a bit mor. And it makes me understand where he was coming from when he wrote it.

Connecting to Holden

My connection to Holden is about death. I just recently lost my grandpa. I know what he is going through. Death is a very difficult thing to deal with. Holden lost his brother and has his brothers mitt. I have a teddy bear my grandpa gave me while he was going through his triple by pass surgery. We also dried flowers from his funeral and had them made into key chains and necklaces. Everytime I look at one of these items I think of him. Its comforting to see those things. Its very sad that Holden had to deal with this. I can connect with Holden because I know how he feels and what he has been through.

JD Salinger

I definitely think that people would read a JD Salinger book if another one was published. I would read one of his books if it was published. I'm sure many people are expecting more than one book to be published in the next few years. The books would most likely be very interesting and many people would want to read them. I'm excited to see what comes out in the next few years.

Life as a Crippled

Life as a Crippled

Abby Peterson, Chelsea McDermand, & Lindsey Moore

For our project we decided to put Chelsea in a back brace and give her a walker. She acted completely normal and dressed normal, except for the back brace she wore on the outside of her clothes. We went to several places including McDonald’s, Target, Barnes & Nobel, Shoe Carnival, and the mall.
The first place that we went was McDonald’s. When we first arrived one lady came up to us and held the door open for Chelsea. As soon as we walked in everyone started to stare at Chelsea. After we sat down and got our food, one man came up to us and said that he didn’t want to be nosy but he wanted to know what happened to Chelsea. Chelsea told him that she had scoliosis and had to have surgery on her back. He said that he was sorry and that he hoped she felt better soon. We ate our food and when we were getting ready to leave the lady that opened the door for us came up and started talking to us. She asked what happened and said that she was a nurse and told Chelsea to take it easy and get a lot of rest.
After we left McDonald’s we went to Target. When we went to target no one said anything to us or Chelsea, but we got a lot of weird looks. One little boy walked around the corner and saw Chelsea and began walking very slowly as he stared at her. He was so focused on Chelsea that he tripped and fell. It was quite funny.
We went to a couple of other stores and then we went to the mall. At the mall we got a lot of reactions. In almost every store that we went to the sales people were extra helpful. No one asked us what happened or said anything directly to us, but as soon as they walked by they would turn around and stare at us and start to talk about us. Many people pointed and gave us weird looks.
Chelsea was very nervous. She felt very shy. Everyone that walked by was staring. It made her feel like she was different than everyone else, even though she was not. It is amazing how differently people look at you and treat you when your appearance has changed. Nothing about her on the inside was changed. We learned to respect people more and what it is like to be the person that is always stared at because of their differences. It is what’s on the inside that really matters. It is wrong to judge people by what they are wearing or what they look like. We now understand what those people are going through. We know that a person should not stare at other people no matter what. We won’t make the mistake of staring again.

Other shoes project.

My group is includes Lindsey, Abby and myself.
Our plan included putting me in a back brace and walking around with a walker.
We went to McDonald's, Target, Barnes and Noble, and the mall.
Our hypothesis was that people would give us funny looks and try to help me.