Re: Chapter 19

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>At the start of chapter 19, it says, "In case you don't live in New 
York."
>Holden is talking to a psychiatrist in California, so why is this 
comment in
>teh book?  It's obvious the psychiatrist doesn't live in New York... 
Curiosity
>stuck.


There are a lot of minor indiscretions in the novel where Holden seems 
to forget his exact audience, and seems to take on the voice of an 
author at a typewriter...such as the instances of staccato dialogue...I 
used to wonder, "How does the analyst know who's saying what?"   Later I 
just learned to ignore it.

It seems that exposing Holden's relationship to New York was more 
important than his relationship with the audience.

Brendan


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