we were asked to read the book “CATCHER IN THE RYE” by J.D. Salinger. the book is just the simple WORD story and what i meant by that is the books is just WORDS and no pictures at all or even a small image every chapter. we are all used to read some books like Harry Potter(ugh? okay?) with some images and all at every chapter. at first, i see the book as a very LAME, STUPID, LOVE STORY SHIT, HALO OVER MY HEAD Type of book but i was wrong. for the past few weeks, I’ve been reading it and i really like how the story goes. when i started reading it, i always tell myself, “tangna, tatapusin ko ‘to para makauno lang.. katamad kasi eh” and man was i wrong. the book was freaking different for me. honestly, i am no book-guy that buys a lot of books and read the hell out of it. i just buy books like, Bob Ong’s, Dan Brown’s those “hey, it’s a pass time book” kind of book.

      the story focuses on HOLDEN CAULFIELD, A fictional character that the author got from his friend. Holden is a 16 year old junior. the story started when he shared the madman stuffs he had been through during his christmas vacation. Holden is not THE STEREOTYPE KIND OF A FAILURE, THE USUAL GUY WHO GETS F OR 5 AS A GRADE, i know that he gets four axes out of 5 subjects, i think, but yeah, his story is not like any other.

     the story is a really depressing one, this book was read by VERY FAMOUS ASSASSINS and i shit you not, they got the very crappy end of the story and thought of having no choices in life and all. i told YOU, the book was really freaking depressing. it made me laugh, smile, cry a bit at some parts. i told you, if you wanna know the truth, the story will get you thinking until you have no more choice left in life. i see the book as an option that will make you feel like you made some shit that you cannot escape from, make you think that you are a freaking MADMAN of some sort and will make YOU REALIZE ONE STONE OF LIFE. that stone that i’m nagging about is that, make good choices in life and pick the right direction.

I, myself, can really dig in to the story so bad that it makes me realize what i did back in the days. while Mrs. Rivero was explaining and sharing her reflection of the story, i broke down myself and just told myself, “tang ina brad, ayan ang karma mo, kala mo ‘di masakit ‘no? bigla bigla ka kasi naggagago eh, inuna mo bisyo tsaka saya mo.. o ano, ANG SAKIT BA? Loko..” i really felt the impact of every word and phrases that ma’am said.

Mrs. Rivero: Holden has everything he needs to live a happy, successful life mga anak but he got stuck on his age, 17. ang tingin niya sa buhay niya is that gusto niya lang ay puro saya, luho, gimik and all…….but life’s not like that mga anak.

i really sucked it in and as Mrs. Rivero continues, i slowly bowed down my head and the grip between my two hands got tighter and tighter, napapapikit nalang ako at natatawa sa naririnig ko, parang ako na ang pinaguusapan. ayaw ko sa lahat e yung ako ang napagiinitan at lahat…but this time was different and yes,it was way…way.. DIFFERENT.
i really backed down my irritation sa naririnig ko and i just whispered, CHILL LANG BRAD, ANG SAKIT SA ULO ‘NO?.. magsisi ka nalang, kesa manuntok ulit.

i felt so bad for what i did, wasted lots of dough and always get myself in trouble every time, every year, every quarter. i lost almost all of my freakin opportunities when i was trying to bounce back. luckily, I’m Here, no more axes on my grades. bouncing back, being a nerd and a freak but still smiling, baby..:D

anyway.. that’s enough for now.. i’ll finish the book first..

~+~+~+~+~”WHAT”S WRONG WITH YOU BOY?”

~+=+~”Hey, I’m just in a phase, i passed, alright”

Holden’s life was miserable and so depressing.