Re: Chapter 19

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I have never been absolutely convinced that Holden is talking to a
psychiatrist in California, even though Cliff's Notes perpetuates that theory.
There could be others. The first time I read the book, years ago, that notion
went right past me and I thought he was simply talking directly to the reader,
a not-unused literary device. I know there are things that don't fit in with
that idea, but there are things that don't fit in with the psychiatrist-in-
California theory too, such as the sentence you cite.

I haven't made a study of this, though probably some of the academics on this
list have, and I'd be curious about what they have to say.

pauline 

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