Re: Conspiracy Theory
Emily Moore (evmoore@hotmail.com)
Sun, 10 Aug 1997 11:32:19 -0700 (PDT)
>I wonder who else will confess their multiple catcher collection?
Not Catcher so much, since I tend to give those out as soon as I get
more than one, but 9 Stories--I have some interesting editions including
one with a tic-tac-toe board on the cover listing a story in each
square, and one garishly colored argyle-type-thing with red, yellow, and
green diamonds and such...
Did anyone ever hear that theory that the red paperback editions of
Catcher are deeply symbolic? My English teacher tried to feed us that
crap--a red cover because it is a frequently repeated color in the book
and symbolizes the violence of Holden's adolescence, the title in yellow
because rye is (vaguely) yellow, and JDS's name in blue because of the
optical illusion that makes it seem to recede from the cover, and he's a
recluse?
One more question. Is anyone familiar with the term caul child? Does
that condition relate at all to Holden?
emily
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