Re: I luv Holden
J J R (jrovira@juno.com)
Thu, 02 Jul 1998 13:31:36 -0400 (EDT)
<<Phoebe
IS a cool kid, but she kind of gives Holden a reality check, one that
probably makes him feel a bit betrayed.
Hey, if you don't agree with me about the betrayal part, she does
mention to Holden that she's going to be Benedict Arnold in the school
play.
Cheryl>>
I wouldn't have until you mentioned Benedict Arnold. That's pretty
interesting. I can see Holden "feeling" betrayed by Phoebe's actions,
but I think her actions weren't objectively a betrayal in the sense that
Benedict Arnold's actions were. I think Holden was genuinely off the
deep end in wanting to run from everyone--it wasn't so much mental
illness in my thinking, but rather a case of adolescent overreaction. He
seemed to be looking at only one set of facts, and ignored the truths
that Phoebe's mere presence should have revealed to him
I don't recall the name of the girl he kept trying to reach--the one that
he played checkers with--but his distance from her is another example of
Holden not finding or connecting with the things that would make his life
more bearable. It's not that he didn't have an opportunity for intimacy
or meaningful relationships, but that his point of view caused him to act
in such a way as to keep him from seeing what he had, and from finding
more.
Jim
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