If you were in a character’s place what would you do differently?
If I were in a character's place, mainly Holden, there would be many things that I would do differently. First, I would try very hard in school, so hard that I won't even come close to failing because in the story, Holden doesn't even try one bit and ends up failing out of four schools. With this in mind, it's obvious that Holden has no future because what is there for Holden if he can't even use his brain to succeed. I understand that his brother and one of his schoolmates die which causes him to be in the emotional state that he is in but at least he could try while being in school. Also, I will not be so judgmental about so many people because it makes you look like a bad person. For example, if I were to call a bunch of people fake in a way where they lie to other people and mislead them and I end up doing the same thing to others, I will be a hypocrite and no body will like me or want to be friends with me. So what I would do if I were in Holden's place is that I would just be myself. If I were to call people fake I wouldn't even try to be fake myself. You will gain a lot in life if you'd just be yourself cause when you do that, people see that you are a good person. One more thing that I would do if I were in Holden's place is that I wouldn't run away from my family to a run down place in New York where my life could be in danger. In the story, all Holden's family was trying to do was help him but he didn't want their help and ran away.
