Subject: Re: I wish I loved the human race,I wish I loved its silly face. And when I'm introduced to one,I wish I thought what jolly...'
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 19 2001 - 09:16:38 GMT
Cecelia -- I'm still a bit ambivalent towards the end of Catcher. I don't
really know how much Holden changed. I think his "missing everybody" is a
pretty good "emotional" about face compared to wanting to live in a cabin
in the woods. But I don't know that his thinking really changed. And why
did he start missing everyone? Wasn't it because he was telling the
story? I honestly forget. But if that is so, Holden's "missing everyone"
may be commentary on the role of literature in all this.
Scottie -- Come on, you don't really believe we're just all bad and there's
nothing positive whatsoever, do you? :)
Jim
Cecilia Baader wrote:
>
> ‘...Anyone who can gaze at his sleeping cat, then turn to the human
> being snoring in the chair across the room - & still enjoy these
> elevating thoughts is not, as they say, in full possession of the
> facts (or his own wits.).'
>
> You know, it's such a balm to my soul to have you, Scottie B.,
> always accusing me of Pollyannaism when the rest of the world's
> got me labeled as something of a misanthrope.
> It's almost sweet, really.
>
> 'Holden was right & Zooey was whistling in the dark.'
>
> See, now this is where you're so utterly in the wrong that my --
> what was that? Waist-length hair and harp are all in a twist.
> Holden and Zooey ended up saying the same thing. For what else
> is that line about missing everybody about? I ask you,
> oh swami-swam. It's the same thing as loving the fat lady.
> I mean, my God, he even misses Ackley, for chrissakes.
>
> Regards,
> Cecilia.
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