Re: er...modification of the comment I made about 14-year-olds...
Cheryl Cline (ccline@uclink4.berkeley.edu)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 01:06:31 -0700
David Schrimpf wrote:
>
> 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.
I can see some logic in this argument, but I get the feeling that I'm
being mocked...