Re: Holden as a Christ Figure
Noven A 16 (NovenA16@aol.com)
Tue, 30 Dec 1997 20:45:24 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 97-12-23 10:24:38 EST, chrissy@cpmcrd.med.columbia.edu
writes:
<<
I was looking through my old notebook from Senior Year English
class in high School and I came across something strange. My teacher
had provoked a discussion about Holden as a Christ figure. I went to
a Catholic school and it was around Christmas time when I had studied
Catcher for the fourth time. He suggested that Holden wanted to be like
Christ by choosing as a career a catcher in a rye field. Christ on the
cross held his arms out as would Holden to catch the falling children
in the field. Does anyone see the similarity between the two? >>
I never thought of that,but I really see the connection.What I said a while
back about Holden being the catcher was somewhat along those lines.I like the
idea.But I wonder if Salinger was thinking of Jesus while writing the book.