Re: second opinion
Valerie Thompson (american_night@hotmail.com)
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 20:34:34 -0700 (PDT)
I read "Catcher..." for the first time about six months ago. I instantly
fell in love with Holden. He's my favorite Salinger character, not
because I look at him as any sort of a role model and not because I
identify with him really -- there's just something loveable about him.
Yes, he seems rather negative, but LIFE is pretty nagative sometimes.
Bad things happen every day, and while most people overlook the little
things, they bother Holden. I look at him as the one sane person in a
really insane world. BUT I saw something really interesting on T.V. this
morning. It was a show (One of those Unsolved Mystery-type
shows...except this murder had been solved) on the murder of actress
Rebecca Schaffer. The man who murdered her had a copy of "Catcher" with
him, as did the man who shot John Lennon and the man who shot Ronald
Regan. I'm interested in why people think this is -- what's the
connection? And don't blame it on Holden :)
~Valerie~
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