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.