Re: holden caulfield vs therapist
James J Rovira (jrovira@juno.com)
Wed, 09 Jun 1999 17:13:49 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 09 Jun 1999 14:46:36 +0100 Bernd.Wahlbrinck@t-online.de (Bernd
Wahlbrinck) writes:
>FROM: Bernd Wahlbrinck 09.06.1999 14:38:28 MET GERMANY
>bernd.wahlbrinck@t-online.de
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>hey, you can bet quite a pile of money that holden is NOT talking to
>a therapist.
>evidence: in the last chapter (2nd paragraph) he talks ABOUT him,
>saying, "A lot of people, especially this psychoanalyst guy they have
>here..."
>how about that?!
My belief was that Catcher was written while Holden was in a Ca.
sanitarium. And I think he is talking to someone at the sanitarium,
maybe some other therapist. I haven't seen too many good arguments
against this belief based on the text...
Jim
><My English teacher is 100% positive that Holden Caulfield is talking
>to a
><therapist.
><Does anyone know of any evidence pointing in the OTHER direction?
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>Incidentally: Why not take a trip to my website:
>THE CATCHER IN THE RYE BY J.D. SALINGER - AND RELATED MATTERS
>URL: http://mitglied.tripod.de/BerndWahlbrinck/index.htm
>
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