Re: I luv Holden
Sarah (cinnimon@vvm.com)
Thu, 02 Jul 1998 12:40:06 -0700 (PDT)
about the girl-that's exactly what i had in my post yesterday about
her...it's Jane. She's a very essential part to the whole story.
sarah
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> 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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