What He Would Love

Dear Holden,

This is something you would love about the world... Spongebob. Spongebob Squarepants is a fictional animated TV show on the channel Nickelodeon. Spongebob is a show that many older people watch, even though it is meant to be a children’s show. As TV evolves and shows becomes more grisly and inappropriate, Spongebob has been the same since the first episode way back in May 1999. Even more the 10 years later, the show has maintained the same innocence and purity that it had when the show began. Not only is Spongebob a funny and fun television show, it also teaches life lessons that can be used in your every day life. You would love it because it is innocent and pure, and even though it is a children’s show, many people your age and my age still watch it. You will be made fun of for watching any children’s television show, but Spongebob is the lone exception. No one will ever make fun of you or tease you for watching Spongebob, no matter how old you are. The show is still on regularly and you can find episodes of it almost anywhere. You would like it because it allows you to feel like a kid again, but no one would make fun of you for watching it because it is such a classic show. That is why I believe that Spongebob Squarepants is something that you would love about the world today.

Photos

Collage:

This collage depicts Holden's journey through New York. The Museum of Natural History is one of the places where Holden went. The hat is a depiction of the famed red hunting hat that Holden had purchased, which he then gave to Phoebe during his visit. The photo of Central Park shows his memories of the park frozen over in the winter, and the ducks are a symbol of his obsession with where the ducks go when it gets cold in the winter.

Painting:

This painting shows Holden's anger and frustration, but also Holden's fear and his slight mental instability. The contusions in the face of the man depicted show his mental instability, while the expression on the face of the man is one of both anger and fear, just like the emotions Holden feels throughout the book.

Photo:

This photo of the HOLLYWOOD sign in Hollywood, California symbolizes Holden's memories of his family, especially his older brother D.B. He thinks about how phony all the celebrities and actors are in Hollywood. He also thinks about the life of fame and money that his brother lives, which makes him feel like the failure of the family.

Photo Bibliography

Collage

Central Park: http://images.travelpod.com/users/skintsaint/1.1262596377.central-park.jpg

Hat: http://www.bmtc.shoppingcartsplus.com/i/woolies/fuddhuntearside.jpg

Museum: http://z.about.com/d/gonyc/1/0/f/E/amnh_02.JPG

Ducks: http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/~jlarne01/sewn/website_prac01/ducks.jpg

Painting: http://media.photobucket.com/image/angry%20painting/swaggerdap/angry7_72dpi1.jpg

Hollywood Sign: http://www.visitingdc.com/images/hollywood-sign-address.jpg

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Painting

Collage

Kid CuDi Pursuit Of Happiness

Jay Z Ft Mr Hudson Young Forever WITH LYRICS.

Drake - Find Your Love

Soundtrack

Find Your Love - Drake

This song is all about finding the love of someone that you care about, which is something Holden wanted, but was never able to do. This song would work well as part of the soundtrack because Drake's tone is very sad and lonely, much like that of Holden.

Young Forever - Jay-Z ft. Mr. Hudson

This song is about staying young forever, and it fits because Holden refuses to mature, and he wants to stay young forever. The song talks about never growing up and always staying a child. This is something that Holden dearly wants, but he cannot have it, which keeps him seperate from the people of his own age group.

Pursuit of Happiness - Kid Cudi

This song is about pursuing your happiness, something that we see Holden do throughout the book. Holden is always looking for something that will make him happy, some little saving grace in the world that will make life worth living for him. The song has a very mellow, sad tone, much like Holden's sadness throughout the book.

What He Would Hate

Dear Holden,

This is something you would really hate about the world... Facebook. Facebook is a website where you can post pictures, videos, and all types of things about your life. You can also update your status to reflect what you are doing, or how you are feeling at that moment. You can also communicate with friends by posting on their “wall” which is basically like their home page. The reason that you would hate Facebook is, although it sounds like an excellent idea for communicating with friends, it is incredibly phony. Most of the time, the statuses never reflect the actual emotions or mood of the person posting it. The pictures are also elaborately cropped and set-up to unsure that the person posting it looks as good as possible, even if they look nothing like it. When you see that someone posted on another person’s wall, it is generally also very phony, and is often posted only to show their other “friends” that they are cool or popular. That is another thing that is very phony about the site; friends. You can find, contact, and add your friends so that they can view your wall and pictures and communicate with you. However, the idea of a “friend” on Facebook goes far beyond the idea that a friend is “a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection,” as defined by the Apple Dashboard Dictionary. On Facebook, people add other people that they barely know or have never had any real relationship or conversation with. They do this because your “friends” can see how many other friends that you have. It becomes a competition to see who can have more friends on the site, whether they know the person or not. As you can, the site is extremely phony, and yet millions of users log on every day to check their “fiend” count, post perfect pictures of themselves, or post their statuses to make others feel inferior. This, I believe, is something you would hate about the world I live in today.