> one of my favorites is how "Slight Rebellion off Madison" is written in > 3rd person, when as we know, catcher came out in first person... Yes! I used this as an exercise in a writing class I taught. It was wonderful to see the way people literally did double-takes as they compared the unfamiliar story with the well-known version. (The comparison also shows how the work progressed from competent workmanship in the story to significantly more in the novel. That in itself was a blessing for a class full of novice fiction writers, some of whom seemed to reallize, "If he can do that, I can make my stories better with careful revision.") --tim