Re: Quiet list? there's always

Valerie Thompson (american_night@hotmail.com)
Fri, 26 Jun 1998 19:38:02 -0700 (PDT)

>> Far be it from me to yell "digression," but is there really so little 
to 
>> discuss about Salinger that we've resorted to discussing 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. And it does have a little bit more to do with
>Salinger, than say, the U$ (<flamewar></flamewar) we've been hearing so
>much about. As long as we keep it reined to Salinger I think anything 
goes.
>
>Camille 

I'm all for discussions like that as long as they're tied into Salinger. 
With that post, I didn't see the connection. I would be interested in a 
comparison of Holden and Hamlet, though. 
Also, I thought Jim Caroll in _Basketball Diaries_ was a lot like 
Holden. A friend (Darren, who is also on this list...*ahem*...*grin*) 
said Caroll was, in that book, what Holden would be like if you spent 
too much time with him. 
While I really liked Holden, I didn't like Caroll. I think that had a 
lot to do with how they dealt with things. Caroll turned to drugs to 
alter the reality that bothered him so much; Holden tried to deal with 
it on his own, which ultimately, I guess, didn't work, since he had a 
breakdown in the end.
"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." ~John Lennon~

~Valerie~




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