Re: view point
~sarah~ (cinnimon@vvm.com)
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 18:15:26 -0700 (PDT)
When a person reads literature, I feel that it's better not to 'read as an
adult or child' for that matter. One should be open to all ideas and
messages without the hinderence of personal bias. I, as well, have known
people to not like TCITR because they see a sort of 'stereotyping' of
teenagers. I personally disagree with this accusation in that I don't feel
that Salinger was attempting to mock or depict stereotypical actions of
teenagers. To me it seemed as if he was trying to avoid those kinds of
accusations more than anything else. I feel that he captured one Holden
Cauffield's account of a few days in NYC wonderfully without suggesting any
'typical' actions of a teenager.
Sarah
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I was talking to my friend today and oddly enough the topic of JD Salinger
came up. She said she was in her AP English class and her teacher struck
up a
conversation about JD Salinger and his works. She then proceeded to ask me
why I had such an interest in his stories. I guess her teacher was telling
the class that she hated Salinger because she felt that in he started or
atleast furthered a negative stereotype about teenagers. (Catcher) I figure
she must have missed the point of the story or read it as an adult with
little
understanding of teenage feelings/thoughts. Also, it's totally ridiculous
to
base your whole opinion of an author on one work, she's a teacher she's
suppose to know better. Just wondering what you guys thought about this.
I've never heard this particular view point before.
Morgan