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James J Rovira (jrovira@juno.com)
Sat, 26 Jun 1999 21:49:00 -0400 (EDT)
It's sooo nice hearing so much from the so oft silent Marisa :) (btw,
found work yet?).
The correlation between Catcher and the Odyssey sounds pretty
interesting...would love to hear you develop that, Aaron.
On Sat, 26 Jun 1999 15:49:18 -0400 Aaron <aaron.brager@writeme.com>
writes:
>Holden wasn't. But salinger may have, in my opinion. I think that
>there
>are quite a few hidden ideas in catcher in the rye, for example
>correlation
>between it and the odyssey.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <JediMars@aol.com>
>To: <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
>Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 1:25 PM
>Subject: Re:
>
>
>> yeah.. i don't think holden was going through latin roots when using
>the
>word
>> prince... i think he used it sarcastically.. meaning that the guy he
>was
>> referring to was not such a great person..
>> ~marisa
>>
>> << >I was tempted to say, when the original post started out, "tell
>me if
>> >I've gone too far," to say, "Stop" when he started quoting Latin
>roots.
>> >It's interesting and all, but I don't think it necessarily
>connects with
>> >Holden's use of the word. I think I trust more the association of
>> >Holden's use with New Yawk slang than anything. It seems to me
>that
>> >whenever he calls someone a "prince" (which carries with it
>associations
>> >with nobility, class, etc.), they're acting the exact opposite.
>Namely,
>> >rudely inconsiderate. I'll betcha if you go through Catcher you'd
>see
>> >that. Pretty much every time Holden calls someone a prince, they
>were
>> >being rude and inconsiderate.
>> >
>> >Jim Rovira >>
>>
>
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