Re: Quiet list? there's always

Cheryl Cline (ccline@uclink4.berkeley.edu)
Sat, 04 Jul 1998 13:06:42 -0700

Doesn't Holden identify with Hamlet in Catcher?  He questions Laurence
Olivier's performance because Olivier didn't act like a "sad, screwed-up
type guy."  I figured that that was how Holden sees Hamlet and himself.

Cheryl

Camille Scaysbrook wrote:
> 
> > Far be it from me to yell "digression," but is there really so little to
> > discuss about Salinger that we've resorted to dicussing Hamlet on the
> > Salinger list?
> 
> I think it's quite pertinent to discuss Hamlet in reference to Salinger -
> Holden as a Hamlet type personality is a very interesting thing I for one
> would like to explore.