Re: I luv Holden
e w/ love and squalor (evmoore@hotmail.com)
Wed, 01 Jul 1998 17:41:23 -0700 (PDT)
Matt Kozusko writes:
>Holden is coherent, clear and sensible throughout his narrative. >This
suggests that while others might think he is in need of help, >the
reader is supposed to realize he's okay. He's honest and plain >and he
appears to have a grasp on his situation.
I definitely don't dispute this, but along these lines, wanted to share
a friend's reaction to TCITR, which he read for the first time a few
months ago, at the ripe age of 19. He kept repeating, with increasing
degrees of frustration, "Salinger made SO much fun of Holden. I don't
think the reader was meant to really take Holden seriously at all. Look
at how much of a fool he's made out to be. Salinger doesn't have a very
high opinion of him at all."
So what do you think? Not my own primary reaction, but it definitely has
some grains of truth...
-e
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