Re: I luv Holden

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Cheryl, Edwin Miller, in his essay, "In Memoriam: Allie Caulfield in
TCITR" also believes that Allie's death is the root problem holden is
dealing with...will

On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, Cheryl Cline wrote:

> 
> I think that if there was any mental problem at all, it would have had
> to be caused almost totally by Allie's death-it is only when Allie dies
> that Holden first does something questionable, that is, puts his fist
> through all the garage windows, and the family starts to think about
> getting help for him.  Actually, it's possible that all this
> mental-illness thing is just severe grief for Allie, a grief that kind
> of muddles Holden's perceptions, although not to the extent of a disease
> or disorder.
> 
> Cheryl
> 
> 
> 

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