If you're referring to his teacher, I don't think he WAS making sexual moves. I think it was a tender man, perhaps a former catcher himself, & Holden's paranoia/teen homosexual panic misunderstood it. My opinion, because I also was there, Thor >Thor, you bring up a good point about salinger. I have never had a suicide >in my family, but there is a different subject I would like to address. In >Catcher In the Rye, this guy starts "making the moves" on Holden while he's >sleeping. I had a similar thing happen to me. No...I had the EXACT same >thing happen to me. Exactly! Either the dude read Catcher in the Rye and >then started "keepin' it real" while I was sleeping, or Salinger had >someone >do this to him. It's definitely not fictional. It's absolutely too >accurate >to be made up. > > - Adam > >In reply to: > >I've read every story except Seymour: Intro. I'm still 20 pages away from >it. In Bananafish, Am I the only one who is disturbed by Seymour? The >first time reading, I felt the nausea in my gut long before the surprise >ending. There is something fundamentally WRONG here. The same is true of >Catcher, BTW. It is disturbing to me. My brother committed suicide, & I'm >telling you, the intriguing thing about Salinger's suicide families is that >they are REAL. There must have been such asn incident close to him or >there >is no way that he could know how people react & change. >What I'm saying is: Salinger is good because he writes the truth. >Rambling, >sorry. > >Thor _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com