Re: Conspiracy Theory
Brian Hall (pp00918@ppp.kcc.edu)
Wed, 31 Dec 1997 02:03:36 -0400
Fluxis wrote:
>
> I'm pretty sure that it was only in the pocket of the Lennon assasin. I think
> the others were pure movie magic.
I don't know what you mean by movie magic--I know only the lennon
assasin actually carried the book, but Hinkly expressed similar
influences from the book--nevertheless, what I wanted to get at was the
psychological aspects of the character. Holden is like Hamlet: he
never quite does what you want him to. Just when you think he is
standing up for himself, setting things right, he winds up wincing in
the floor, drifting off into some imaginary world. There's certainly an
onerous feel to those types of fantasies; and one can not ignore them
when she/he reads through the text. A thin line develops between right
and wrong, what you should have done or should not have done. I think
of __A Separate Peace__ by Knowles. I read that and Catcher back to
back a long time ago. The protag, I forget his name, lives the rest of
his life not knowing for sure if he intentionally caused his friends
fall from the tree. Is there a line? Have you crossed it? Was it
intentional? I'm curious how people handled these emotions when reading
Catcher.
Brian