Re: Holden and Jane, take 2

Emily Friedman (bananafish_9@yahoo.com)
Wed, 20 Jan 1999 08:37:46 -0800 (PST)

> I know someone earlier wrote about Holden's parents and why they do
not appear in the book. When I first read Catcher I really wanted to
see what Holden's parents were like. Now I realize that Salinger did
not include any encounters with the parents because they were so
detached from Holden's life. They sent him away to school and did not
associate with their son and his problems. They were not active in
their son's life. I know families that are similar, they don't eat
together, talk to each other, and the parents have no part in their
childrens lives until they get into serious trouble. I suppose that
Salinger only included people in the book who Holden associated with
or cared about, or people that truly cared about Holden.
-Liz Friedman

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