My Best Friend

I consider my best friend the person who I've known the longest. Ever since Elementary school, we've been good friends. He always can make conversations engaging and interesting. He likes to play the guitar, skate, and rock climb. His laugh is pretty unique; he kind of shouts a little then continues to laugh. It's hard to explain. Everyone loves him; he's very easy to get along with.

I would say that he is an altruist and an extrovert. For example, if someone forgot their lunch, he would always offer them some of his, even if it was extremely delicious. He isn't scared of many things, he always is ready to do something new. He never gets embarrassed, and always likes to say hi or wave at someone he knows whenever he sees them.

My Earliest Memory

It was my first day of Kindergarten; I remember looking at all the other kids in my classroom. I had Mrs. Varano; one of the best teachers I have ever had. We didn't do much that day, we just pretty much played around, getting to know each other. I met a person named Kevin, and he was a great friend of mine all through Elementary school. The funny thing is, we talked to each other in chinese, (Yeah he's asian too :O). I didn't know much English in Kindergarten actually. I felt relieved that I had gotten to know him on the first day.

After the day was over, I remember getting on the bus and sitting with Kevin, he lived in a neighborhood near mine. The picture of the bus above was kind of how our bus was. Kids were just crowded on the bus talking in loud, irritating noises. The bus driver was probably deaf after all the cacophony. When it was my stop, I felt extremely glad that both of my parents were there to pick me up. Based on that first day of school, I had a good year of Kindergarten.

The Catcher in the Rye: Tone

The author uses tone heavily in this story. The reason is to describe the main character, Holden's, tone, or his view of life. Holden is extremely cynical, which is the main point the author wanted to describe. Many of his descriptions include mildly bad words to show Holden's attitude towards things/events that happen to him.

Salinger also describes Holden as depressed and stressed out all the time. Whenever he doesn't really get what he wants, he always thinks negatively and gets depressed. At times when Holden gets excited of his plan or something, he sort of yells, which makes things even worse, especially if that plan is horrible. Basically, the author uses tone to display Holden's perspective of life, and his reactions to it.