Museum of Natural History

This is me at the Museum of Natural History. I think this is one of Holden's favorite places. It is because he likes the idea of everything being the same and everything staying right where it is and not changing. When I went there this Saturday it was raining extremely hard and the wind was almost unbearable. As a result, no one was allowed inside. But from the outside I tried to think about why Holden likes this place for different reasons than most people. I realized that most people go there for all of the cool artifacts and information, but for Holden it is more of a place that he goes to find peace and solitude. When in the museum Holden says, "It always smelled like it was raining outside, even if it wasn't, and you were in the only nice, dry, cosy place in the world. I loved that damn museum."(120). This quote from the book really makes me wish that i went in, because I was outside in the freezing cold wind and rain.