Re: er...modification of the comment I made about 14-year-olds...
David Schrimpf (david@cybermail.net)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:57:08 -0700
Cheryl Cline said:
> Ahem...still fuming that Franny could be labeled "insane" and "knocked
> up"....again, what about Holden? Holden did back out of many
> situations, but at least he didn't have epithets like "knocked up" (and
> the million others reserved for women) hanging over his head...
For what it's worth, I do think Holden was knocked up. It would explain =
the
mood swings and the yucky-feeling stomach. Plus, look at his name... =
sounds
like "Hold in". Salinger was saying that this kid is not ready to have a =
baby.
He doesn't want to bring a child into this world where people write "Fuck =
you"
on walls. He wants to HOLD the baby IN, at least until wednesday, when he =
can
go home and see his parents.