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...page joint essay for a Dostoevsky proseminar in the Slavic department and “Introduction to the Theory of Sexuality” (Lit 105) his freshman year. “I had been contemplating these questions over the course of the semester,” Holden says. “Basically, I sat down in the library [during spring reading period] and just kept going back to write more. Every page opened more questions.” With this kind of determination, it’s not surprising that when it comes to grades, Holden says simply...
...impending demise of shopping period is especially daunting for such an academic man for all seasons. “[Shopping period] is one of the nicest things we have,” Holden says. “Part of the luxury of going to Harvard is that you can get a taste of what a professor or a class is going to be like beforehand. It’s essential...
Socially, the neatly, stylishly-dressed Holden says he prefers quiet, relaxing conversation with friends to loud, raucous parties but is “considering going out more.” He is an active writer of novels and poetry, though he admits that he is “not ready to share what [he] makes...
...It’s very interesting how there’s a porous relationship between what [Holden] reads and studies and his personal life,” Marcel A.Q. LaFlamme ’04 says. “So many students tend to compartmentalize between what they do in school and who they are outside. He makes me wonder why there need to be such rigid distinctions...
...Holden says he’s just following his interests, and that there’s no reason to hold back. “It seems that Harvard creates the sensation that we should all be doing what everyone else is doing,” he says, “that we should all follow the same path, although few people seem to really be on this same path. Follow your instincts about that which you care for, that which you love in life and learning...