Homework for 4th Class

The relationship between Holden and Sally seemed like kind of boyfriend and girlfriend, but in my mind, they were actually not. In this book, the author mentioned two girls who were around Holden, Jane and Sally. We can learn that Holden pay much attention on both girls. When he ‘escaped’ from his secondary school, the first girl he thought was Jane, but there were many reasons made Holden can’t meet with Jane. That probably caused him to date with Sally but not Jane. The description of Jane in this book is mainly about her movement and her habit of doing many things, however the description of Sally are more of her appearance like. In that case, I think Holden treated Jane using his heart, but love Sally because of her beauty.

In chapter 17 Holden and Sally have a date and Holden told Sally to elope with him, but Sally disagree with him and they separated in the end. From this event, we can know that Holden was a kind of guy who always thinks of escaping when he met a problem. If I am Sally, I also won’t go with him, because he doesn’t have any responsibility to his family and friends.

Jingyi, great discussion of the nature of Sally and Holden's relationship in contrast with his relationship with Jane. What you say in the second paragraph is correct--Holden does seem to want to escape whenever he is confronted with a problem. He also does this when he was first kicked out of Pencey Prep, and instead of facing his parents, he chooses to escape to New York City for a while. As we read the chapters for next class, we will see another example of his tendency to run away from his problems and responsibilities, as you say. 

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