Re: Quiet list? there's always
Valerie Thompson (american_night@hotmail.com)
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 16:41:02 -0700 (PDT)
>> > Holden tried to deal with
>> > it on his own, which ultimately, I guess, didn't work, since he had
a
>> > breakdown in the end.
>>
>> Did he??? I think that's as debatable a point as Franny being
pregnant. Any
>> takers on this oft-discussed argument?
>>
>> Camille
>> verona_beach@geocities.com
>> @ THE ARTS HOLE
>> www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442
>
>
>It sure sounds like Holden has a breakdown when he sees Phoebe on the
>carousel. Otherwise, how would he have wound up in the therapy place
>near Hollywood? This fall of his is also predicted by Mr. Antolini.
On
>the other hand, it seems that Holden resolves his conflicts while
>watching Phoebe on the carousel-like thinking to himself that you have
>to let little kids fall off sometimes and so on. Hell, I don't know.
>
>Cheryl
>
But WAS he in a place for psychological therapy, or was he in a hospital
for a physical sickness? THAT is the question.
I tend to think it was psychological, in part because of his thinking he
was going to disappear every time he crossed a street:
"Every time I came to the end of a block and stepped off the goddam
curb, I had this feeling that I'd never get to the other side of the
street. I thought I'd just go down, down, down, and nobody'd ever see me
again. Boy did it scare me. You can't imagine...Then I started doing
something else. Every time I'd get to the end of a block, I'd make
believe I was talking to my brother Allie. I'd say to him "Allie, don't
let me disappear. Allie don't let me disappear. Allie don't let me
disappear. Please, Allie." And then when I reached the other side of the
street without disappearing, I'd thank him."
The breakdown could have been physical, but I don't think so.
~Valerie~
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