Romeo&Juliet Act I

I'm going to be blunt. This is a hard read. It has a lot of depth to it regarding character relations. There seems to be a lot of tension between them comsidering that they started fighting right at the beginning of the story. In regards to the actual writing style, I feel that it's simple once you can fully understand it. I feel that if you didn't read some of the dialogue over again, you would be completely lost. And that's how I felt. I could keep up with some of the phrases and I could understand it pretty well and I could understand what was happening. But in some areas, I had to re-read it about three times just to vaguely understand what was being said. But because I know the whole plot of the story already and the end result, I think that it's easier for me to be able to interpret what's happening.

The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Act II

I feel that the three most important characters in this story were Henry, Bailey, and Waldo. They all have strong connections to eachother and made huge impacts in the story. I think that Gaelan Connell(From the movie, "Chocolat") would be a good choice to play Henry. I pictured Henry as a young man who still has his life ahead of him but, is burdened with his old soul and loud conscience. Gaelan Connell is also a fairly young actor who seems to have bright eyes and the looks of somone who has something to say, someone intelligent. I feel that he would be the perfect fit to play Henry. As for Waldo, I actually pictured him played by John Krasinki. Waldo seemed to have an intillectual humor about him topped with a sarcastic charm, just like John Krasinski. To me, it seems to be a prefect fit. And lastly, Bailey. I feel that Bailey should be played by Josh Duhamel. They both seem to have a rugged personal. Someone who is tough but actually is soft, sensitive, and gentle on the inside. He just wants to be somebody and not make a fool out of himself. I feel that this also would be the perfect match.

Personally, I suppose that Henry's protest was not a success to himself. He himself did not end the war or get himself out of jail solely on his words and protests. Aunt Louisa ended up bailing him out. I feel that he didn't really earn any of it himself. I think that he was mad at himself also, for not accomlishing what he accomlished. Which, I think, was to start some sort of revolution.

CITR&A Perfect Day for Bananafish Character Comparison

When comparing CITR and A Perfect Day for Bananafish, I noticed that the characters seemed to have a stronger connection in CITR. I'm thinking that it may supposed to have been this way though. In CITR, I think that Holden had a strong emotional connection towards everyone he met. The minute he started talking to them, he knew what he thought of them and how to talk to them. I think that in "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" the characters really had no emotional connection what-so-ever. The one exception is the little girl and the guy that committed suicide. Other than those two, the only connection were stated. They weren't described or felt.
             If I hadn't known that J.D. Salinger was the author of both of these stories, I wouldn't have known that they were written by the same person. In CITR, everything seemed so descriptive and real, you could relate tot he emotions being discussed. But in "A Perfect Day for Bananafish", it was blunt and almost in your face. It was a bit sudden. I feel that there are more differences between these two stories than similarities. I found it difficult to think of these two stories as similar.