Re: Re: Holden as a Christ Figure
Brendan McKennedy (the.tourist@mailexcite.com)
Tue, 30 Dec 1997 23:47:36 -0700
But I wonder if Salinger was thinking of
Jesus while writing the book.
>
I may be putting my head in the sites,
here, but--particularly in lieu of the
Jesus discussion in "Zooey", as well as
Holden's discussion of Jesus with Ackley-kid
in Ackley's room--I would venture to say that
Jesus was as much in need of catching as
Holden himself.
So yes, perhaps Holden is a Christfigure.
Destroyed (and immortalized, by, respectively, Bananafishers and Christians) because
of
their sense of decency.
Brendan
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