The short story we read this week, A Perfect Day for Bananafish was quite enjoyable, with good storytelling and such. The ending did surprise me a bit, as I did not see that coming at all. Anyways, the similarities between characters in this story and TCITR are few and far between. Muriel is similar to Holden in how she lies a bit to elders/parents, and enjoys having a sense of freedom. She also wants to be far away from her parents. Holden is similar to Seymour as well. Both like to keep their lives closed off from others, and are good at lying/making things up. Both had a sort of depressed demeanor, as evident with Seymour at the end of the story.
As for comments on a quote from The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail (Which is quite a slow read by the way), I chose the quote "Our own school, John. No buildings. Break out of the classroom prison. All we need is the sky!" Let me start with my interpretation of this based on Transcendentalist thought. He means that we don't need a classroom to learn, we don't need all of the materials, or being trapped in a classroom. We need freedom, and someone relatable to teach us. Freedom is clear here. A key belief in transcendentalism is independence, which Henry supports here. I myself may not agree, but it certainly something to think about.
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