Re: Re: A bit of a problem.
CGHayes@aol.com
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 12:02:27 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 17/7/98 3:06:22 pm, you wrote:
<<They are fiction as far as you. You cannot completely
replace your peers or friends with those characters of Salinger, however you
can
identify with them.>>
I really don't think this was what Erin was getting at. I am the same age, 14,
and I feel that I can really relate to Erin. I feel that I am above my peers
(intellectualy) and I think Erin does too. I thought the message Sarah wrote
was pretty patronising (I don't want to sound ignorant by saying that). I
sometimes feel like my friends are idiots because they are immature and I
can't discuss my love of film or liturature (properly) with any of them. But I
am not going to replace them with fictitious characters. Hell, I prefer Holden
to some of the guys I know. People like us are afraid that people will look at
our age and stamp us with this image that we don't know what we are talking
about or doing. I did find the message patronizing because it assumed that
Erin was going to replace friends with characters. Nobody needs to be told
that characters are characters.
Erin- I really feel I can relate to you. I have a great passion for film and
writing. Salinger is the only author who has really effected me. At the
beginning of the year I felt like you. It was almost a search for happiness,
finding someone I had things in common with, someone who I could relax with,
someone who I could care about. And I found that in my girlfriend. I think it
is love that makes the world worth living. Find Love.
Christian