Re: a question
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:54:09 +1100
I think Jane represents everything about Holden that he knows it is
impossible to achieve - he knows he will never really go and build that log
cabin. He knows nobody is truly free of at least some phoniness, even Jane
or Allie, both of whom he deifies for his apparent lack of phoniness. Like
Allie, Jane becomes crystalised in his memory as an image of perfection
which nothing can touch - and which it would seem Holden is unwilling to
touch.
Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
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> > "Will Holden ever give old Jane a buzz?"
> >
> >
> > love,
> > Mattis
> >
Emily Friedman wrote:
> While reading ACITR I never expected Holden to call Jane. He probably
> thought that since she went out with Stradlater she had changed. He
> remembered her as being the perfect girl, and he probably would not be
> able to stand it if she had changed into a phony person. He might have
> also been embarassed by himself because he seemed like a failure
> because he was constantly being kicked out of school.
> -Liz Friedman
>
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