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NOTE:  I think you're right in your (as I read it anyway) implication =
that JDL is all about youth vs. age...  I think all of Salinger's =
characters are always looking back into their youth for something =
they've lost--and I think it's more complicated than idealism because I =
don't think Salinger's work at all makes childhood look ideal or easy or =
free. =20

QUESTION TO ALL:  Aside from the easy obvious answers, what is it =
they've lost?

Things I like about Salinger (nutshelled for email consumption):
1.  (previously mentioned)  the love the author/authorial voice has for =
the characters
2.  the tenderness (i.e. "Bananafish", "Esme")
3.  many stories or sections concentrate and work out in a detailed way =
all the aspects of a relationship--but he feels his way through =
(consciously trying) instead of writing the logical relationship  [note =
(can't help but note sometimes):  I think he knows he's thinking his way =
though, so he almost pushes himself to feel his way through.  So his =
writing preserves that very human double-voicedness.
4.  all this makes him closer to real for me

-----Original Message-----
From:	David Lynn [SMTP:Big@Westworld.com]
Sent:	Sunday, January 25, 1998 1:28 AM
To:	Discussions of J.D. Salinger's work
Subject:	(no subject)

    Being an middle aged man (and losing hope of getting younger) I am
asking persons to tell me why they like JDL, and keep the answers to
less than, say five lines...  My reasons:
1.    The cadence of his prose
2.    I want to be like Holden (??)
3.    I want to be like Buddy (than makes a little more sense)
4.    I would like to think that Zooey would like me.



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