Re: Hi Missy

David Schrimpf (david@cybermail.net)
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 17:55:54 -0800

Camille Scaysbrook said:

> I would have to say that for historical reasons the end of Chapter 16 is =
my
> favourite bit (and all of Chapter 16, esp the part about the gasoline
> rainbows) because at the time when I read it I was sixteen and feeling
> exactly the same way, so there was this sort of numerological =
significance
> too. But to me, it sort of distills the whole meaning of `Catcher'.

Hey, I picked chapter 16 (and especially the end of chapter 16) as my =
favorite 
part too. I'm SO glad you mentioned the gasoline rainbow puddles line. Was 
beginning to think I was the only one who even noticed it.

> By the way my boyfriend is standing behind me saying `What's the big =
deal
> about `The Catcher in the Rye ? Nothing happens in it ! It's like =
Seinfeld
> in book form!'

Yikes... and you actually took the time to finishing typing that email =
before 
tossing his ass out the door? That's what I call restraint!


- David Schrimpf