Hunting hats, maybe

Jaramillojp@kktv.com
Thu, 12 Mar 1998 23:45:26 -0700

Salinger likes to play with the idea of clothing. It seems cliche to say
that someone is wearing a new hat. But I think Holden has found a hat
that is just a little off and an expression against the whole named
clothing thing. Everything Holden wears has a brand name and I think
Holden is using the cheap thing as a sign of his need to break away from
the conventions that are all around him. Also I think Salinger is
playiing with the hat being turned around like a catcher's in baseball
would. Overall I just think that Salinger is making the everyday holy
and glow with meaning in his fiction as it sometimes does or needs to in
real life. Normally I lurk on the list but maybe I'm starting to put on
a new hat.
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