RE: Rule of the Bone

That was very well stated.

>From: "Matthew S. Mahoney" <matthew.s.mahoney@vanderbilt.edu>
>Reply-To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
>To: bananafish <bananafish@roughdraft.org>, SkiFrog717@aol.com
>Subject: RE: Rule of the Bone
>Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 18:32:09 -0600
>
>yes, i have read the perks of being a wallflower, and although i agree he
>is
>much more similar to holden than bone (mainly due to an increased
>sensitivity
>and self-consciousness), i still see major differences with holden, or at
>least the way CITR was written; holden's rants were more against society at
>large, while in "perks," the main character's unhappiness and its
>resolutions
>are manifested more in his small group of friends - "perks" is about a
>teenager who has to find himself in relation to his peers, and CITR is
>about a
>teenager who has to find his place as relative to the world. in sum,
>salinger
>is making a statement about society as he sees it, while "perks" is making
>a
>statement about growing up.
>
> >===== Original Message From SkiFrog717@aol.com =====
> >I have similar opinions as to Rule of the Bone - not very much like
>Catcher,
> >although the main character did remind me a littleof Holden, but he was a
> >punk, starving for attention- reminded me more of the outsiders. If
>anyone
> >has read The Perks of Being a Wallflower, let me know. I relate this main
> >character very much to Holden, although it is a pretty unknown book
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>" I would gladly trade all my friends for the company of children."
> -Albert Einstien
>
>Matthew S. Mahoney
>Station B 8209
>matthew.s.mahoney@vanderbilt.edu
>
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