> I think Valerie offers a fine quote to support the idea that holden is > receiving psyhcological care. It's quite likely the problem holden is > dealing with is learning to deal with Allie's death... There's a fascinating book I studied at university called ... well, I won't tell you the title in case any of you get to read it. But it's about a woman who has always had this vague sense of loss; who has always had trouble in relationships etc. To cut a long story short, everything is put in perspective at the end (the *very* end, literally the last sentence!), when she suddenly realises that the death of her father is at the root of it all - something that had only been mentioned in passing only once or twice in the whole novel. It puts everything in the whole story into perspective. To me TCIR is similar, but without that final ionising sentence. Camille verona_beach@geocities.com @ THE ARTS HOLE www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442