Re: view point
Erin McLaughlin (erinseyes@hotmail.com)
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:19:21 -0700 (PDT)
I've heard that sort of thing said before. IT's ridiculous. Although it
pays an interesting compliment to Salinger. If he was (is) responsible
for "starting" this negative stereotype of teenagers, then he was a
source of inspiration for books like Ordinary People and movies like
Rebel Without a Cause and musicals like West Side Story, etc. And if she
said he's just furthering this stereotype, well, not only has she a very
tiny point of view of Catcher, but a very tiny frame of reference in
general. I can't believe she's teaching this biased crap to her
students. Why can't she let them read it and make their own decisions.
After all, it is an "AP" class. Like that means anything.
----Original Message Follows----
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:10:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Speirlow@aol.com
Subject: view point
To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
Reply-to: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
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
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