Re: Matt Salinger, Bob Dylan, and the guy who killed Lennon
Tim O'Connor (tim@roughdraft.org)
Fri, 27 Feb 1998 07:57:22 -0500
> In fact, he read the part where
> Holden explains to us what "The Catcher in the Rye" means. How could a
> 30-year-old man take a confused 17-year-old fictional character seriously?
The man was a psychotic. A good friend of mine uses this little anecdote
to make a point about states of mind:
"To a normal person, 2+2=4. To a neurotic, 2+2=4, but he doesn't like it.
To a psychotic, 2+2=5."
--tim (who can't do math at all)