Re: In search of User Perspectives on Catcher in the Rye

Emily Friedman (bananafish_9@yahoo.com)
Tue, 01 Dec 1998 20:14:57 -0800 (PST)

---Matthew_Stevenson@baylor.edu wrote:
>

> i apologized for the insulting tone of my post, not the attack on
cliff's
> notes (which are nothing like an annotated edition).  i stand by my
righteous
> indignation at the inundation of the little "how to be a better
idiot" guides.
> cliff's notes don't seek to elucidate a text, or prod a student to
read when
> they might stop.  cliff's notes try to give a quick summary of plot
with a few
> quick answers to common high school test questions about themes and
imagery
> and allegory.  they stifle rather than encourage reading.--matt
> 
Matt, that is exactly how I feel. 
-Liz Friedman

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