Subject: Re: Holden killed in the Pacific
Matthew_Stevenson@BAYLOR.EDU
Date: Tue Apr 15 1997 - 13:32:31 GMT
On Tue, 15 Apr 1997 15:20:13 -0700 bananafish@cassatt.Mass-USR.COM wrote:
>>> Ob-Salinger: Looks like the "Holden killed in the Pacific" thing might
>>> come from "S:AI", but I'm still checking on it...
>
>>"This Sandwich Has No Mayonnaise" (1945) is the short story in which
>>Salinger mentions Holden as missing in action. But the story is told by
>>Vincent Caufield, Holden's older brother (in this story anyway).
>
>But doesn't The Catcher in the Rye take place in 1949?
>
>My arithmetic goes like this:
>Holden gives the date his brother Allie died: 1946. Holden says he was 13
>at the time. Holden is 16 when he leaves Pencey: therefore it's 1949. The
>war ended in 1945, while Holden was still a child. He couldn't have
participated.
>
>Becky
>
the story just happened to be written and/or published before catcher. the
story can take place whenever jds feels like it, and he can also change any
other details, like holden having an older brother named vincent.--matt
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