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