books YEAH

I don't really know what I like about The Catcher in the Rye, but something about it just clicks in my head. Maybe it is because Holden is non-confrontational, which he says is called "yellow" in the book. I can identify with this because I do not like to fight for no reason and just be mean to someone because you can. I also think Holden is just misunderstood, he has this rough exterior but he is just a big softy on the inside.
I liked First They Killed my Father, but it was sort of just a repeat of what we read last year about the Holocaust, Night. In my opinion, a genocide is a genocide is a genocide, no matter how you look at it. Her story was riveting and well written but it was just too similar to what I have read in the past about the Holocaust through school. I just don't understand how her story is so much different from the stories I have read about the Holocaust through school before.
I really liked Inherit the Wind and its overall purpose as a play. It shows how silly our society can really be. The school teacher was told to teach from a certain book, he taught whatever was in that book that included a chapter on evolution. All of a sudden then, he is put to trial for following orders. If he town was so against creation, why wouldn't they just use a different book? The teacher shouldn't be prosecuted for teaching the book, but the school should be because they bought the books for the teachers to use as they please.
I just don't really think A Midsummer Night's Dream really relates to kids today. It's supposed to be so hilarious and a really good comedy, but the thing that made be laugh the most was that the voice actors made the fairy king and queen sound Jamaican. I guess it was sort of funny when all the potions and paths of love got mixed up, but it didn't really affect the people in the end and they ended up marrying someone they wanted to. Maybe it's just me but I didn't really get any of the "jokes".
My Antonia was just like To Kill a Mockingbird. Nothing really happens during the book, it just follows a character and it has an open-ended ending. There's supposed to be some deeper meaning to it but I can't get a hold on it. It was just a peek into Jim's life and how he made some friends and moved a couple times. There's no concrete climax and turning point, it's just like bleh, and Jim's life isn't even that exciting.