Post #2

I am currently reading, "Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenters." I'm on page 50.

"I had a sudden violent impulse to jump out of the car and break into a sprint, in any direction at all."

This quote depicts Buddy Glass' Impulsive tendincies. Buddy Glass (whom the book is narrated by) is the brother of Seymour Glass, who has just stood up his fiance' on their wedding. Buddy, along with members of the bride's family, cram into a limo to travel back to the reception hall across town to comfort the distressed bride. At first, no one knows Buddy is Seymour's brother. The Matron of Honer (Who is the bride's cousin) says Seymour is a "Schitzoid" and "Latent Homosexual." Buddy, angered at the ridicule, mentions this impulsive thought.

This scene makes Buddy seem childish. However, it paralells the impulsive (and similaraly childish) actions of his brother to skip his own wedding. It reveals that the two characters crack under unwanted pressue because they are confused by the adult-like nature of the situations. This ties in with The "Loss of Innocence" Theme in "Catcher in The Rye."