Mark Bezos

      Mark Bezos is a volunteer fire fighter who is talking about one of his experiences. He begins to talk about showing up to the burning house and is describing the women whose house burnt down. Then he describes his task to get the women a pair of shoes instead of getting the dog or something more heroic. After a few days went by the fire station received a letter from the women saying how thankful she is even for the smallest things like someone getting her a pair of shoes. I think his moral of the story is even the smallest of things can be appreciated.
    I've had similar situations with my friends such as giving then a hug or just by being there for them when they need it. One time my friend was having a rough day. She looked very down with her head hanging down with a depressing look in her eyes. I just went to the store and bought a big bags of candy so I thought maybe I'll give her the bag and we can just talk. After we enjoyed the whole bag of sour patch kids and got a lot off her chest she had a little smile on her face. When she was about to leave she gave me a strong hug almost squeezing the air out of my lungs saying thank you so much for listing you always seem to make things better.

Blog post # 2

A vignette I chose was when Holden is in the church and they are taking donations. "They let me give them ten bucks as a contribution. They kept asking me if I was sure that I could afford it and all. I told them I had quite a bit of money with me, but they didn't seem to believe me, They took it, though, finally. The both of them kept thanking me so much it was embarrasing" (Salinger 105). It is showing Holden is humble person because he made it seem like it was not a big deal when it was a hug thing for the church. He then was saying it was kinda awkward with them saying thank you and asking if he can afford it so it's another example of him being humble.

Catcher in the Rye 9-10

             I think that the rattling and the mitt have a connection because they both reminds people of terrible things. I feel like they are sensitive the car rattle and is just in their heads and is now getting worse because that's how they associate with the car. Then with the mitt it reminds Holden of his younger brother who passed away and it brings up old feelings for him. The article is about how objects can be symbols or can be connected with memories. They first heard the rattle in the car then throughout that time it's driven her and her husband crazy. Therefore they think of the car as the rattling car that drives them insane. It connects to Holden mainly because the baseball mitt reminded him of his brother just like the car reminds them of the rattling.