*Chapter 5*

Holden meets up with Ackley and Mal Brossard and they all go to the movie. They realized during the movie that they have already seen it and they decide to go pinball and eat some burgers. Then Holden goes back to his room and goes right into writing that paper that Strandlater asks him to write. Holden writes about Allie, his brother, who has died, and a glove that he used to play baseball. The baseball glove has poems written on it so that he wouldn't get bored while he was playing.

I think that it was funny that Allie decided to write poems on his glove so that he wouldn't get bored. That glove means a lot to Holden and I can see why.

*Chapter 4*

This chapter talks about the date between Strandlater and Jane. Strandlater walks to the bathroom to shave for his date with Jane and Holden follows him. Strandlater tells Holden that he has a date with her and Holden tells him that he knew a Jane very well back when he lived at home. Strandlater asks Holden to write a paper while he is out on his date.

I think this chapter was better than the last one because I think that there will be some conflicts between Strandlater and Holden because of the fact that Strandlater is going out on a date with Jane.

*Chapter 3*

In this chapter, Holden buys a book and a new hat. The hat represents when Holden is scared and it is kind of his security blanket. A boy named Ackley starts to bother Holden and wouldn't let him read his book. Ackley starts to pick stuff up around his room and starts to move it. He is distracting Holden and won't let him read his book. Ackley finally leaves because Holden's roommate, Strandlater, walks in, and Ackley doesn't like him.
I wasn't really interested in this chapter because nothing that exciting happens. I think that it will get more interesting. This chapter was probably just in there to show that he got a book and a new hat.

*Chapter 2*

Holden sees himself the closest to old Spencer and his wife. His wife is a hard hearing older lady, as well as himself. Holden goes back to old Spencer's "sick room". There he sees Spencer sitting in a chair with his bare legs showing and his chest is showing also. Old Spencer tells Holden that life is a game and that he needs to play by the rules. They start talking about how Holden is failing all of his classes, especially history, but then old Spencer tells him to go get his final exam. Holden goes and gets it and takes it to old Spencer. Old Spencer reads it outloud and Holden isn't very happy about this. Holden just messed the whole exam up. Old Spencer tries to convince Holden to think about his future a little more than he is.
I liked this chapter because it makes you think about your future too and how important your grades are. I think that this book is easy to read and you actually want to read it because it is talking about a boy our age. Wouldn't the school have told his parents that he is going to be kicked out?

*Chapter 1*

Holden Caulfield is a teenage boy who has a lot of problems in his life. He mentions his brother, D.B., who is a writer in Hollywood. Holden has flunked out of at least 4 schools so far. He has been in public and private schools. There was a big football game against their school's rival. Holden sat up at the top of Thomsen Hill to watch it even though he really doesn't like the game all that much. In this chapter, he is trying to figure out how is going to leave and make it feel as if he is leaving. He want's a good goodbye. He leaves the game in order to go see old Spencer, his history teacher. He runs all the way to old Spencer's house, but he has to stop at the gate because he is a heavy smoker and is unable to run any longer.
I think that i am going to like this book. It started out good and i think that it will be very interesting to learn about this boy. To know what he is going through and to know how good we actually have it will be interesting to see the differences.

*Chapter 9*

Nick felt as if he needed to take responsibility for the arrangements of Gatsby's funeral. He gets ahold of people who he believes would want to come, but no one, not even Daisy, wanted to come to his funeral. There were very few people who ended up showing at the funeral. The relationship between Jordan and Nick didn't work out because Jordan had been engaged to another man.

*Chapter 8*

Mr. Wilson is looking for revenge on who ever had killed Myrtle. There are many people there who trying to comfort Mr. Wilson. When everyone leaves, Mr. Wilson leaves himself to go to the West Egg. Later on, Wilson uses the pool that is regularly never used, and tells the butler to only bother him if he absolutely needed to. Nick walks in later and sees that Gatsby is laying face down, dead. He had been shot.

*Chapter 7*

Gatsby calls off his parties!!!! In order to keep the rumors down too, he also fired his servants. Tom finally realizes that Daisy and Gatsby are completely in love. While they are in New York, Tom and Gatsby argue for a long while about who does and doesn't love Daisy. Myrtle dies!!! Yes, She's dead. They find her on the road. It happens that Daisy was the one that hit Myrtle in a hit and run.