Re: Catcher In The Rye.... Self Serving?

LOBSTER911@aol.com
Sun, 09 May 1999 12:21:16 -0400 (EDT)

FrannyGls8@aol.com wrote:

<< Altough "The Catcher In The Rye" is a really good book it IS NOT (in my 
 opinion) Salinger's best book, it's just really well known. As well known as 
 it is though i ave talk to people before who thought it was about 
 baseball!!!!!!!!! >>

Amen to that.  Any book with a christ figure (even if it was written before 
JC in literature became vogue) loses points for cheap symbolism.  There's a 
fine line between that and "bananafish" which has more ambiguous and 
"expensive" symbolism...so to speak.  I can see your anger at the ignorance 
of others by your nine exclamation points.
-MW