Re: view point
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 11:46:40 -0600 (MDT)
I think both may be best but I'm most curious when adults pick up Catcher
and find it worthy...is it a way to be young again or what that makes old
folks enjoy a book about young folks? will
On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, akemi deherrera wrote:
> Not having read Catcher when I was a teenager I can't say what it was like
> however, reading it as an adult was great. I agree with Dave reading
> Catcher as an adult, I believe you are still able to experience the book
> to its fullest. I do agree with Camille also though. I think if I read
> Catcher as a teenager I would have been able to identify with Holden's
> feelings of confusion. I think at any age you read Catcher it is
> revealing and entertaining. I think any person at any age can learn and
> enjoy.
> akemi
>
> On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, David Schrimpf wrote:
>
> > Camille Scaysbrook said:
> >
> > > >I figure
> > > > she must have missed the point of the story or read it as
> > > an adult with
> > > little
> > > > understanding of teenage feelings/thoughts
> >
> > I dunno, I think Catcher is even more touching and
> > effective when
> > you read it as an adult. That way you're not *relating* to
> > Holden,
> > you're kinda looking at him and recognizing some of the
> > thoughts
> > you had when you were his age (and some you still have, I
> > know)
> > and you can kinda laugh and appreciate it all.
> >
> > What I'm trying to say is that whether this english teacher
> > read
> > the book as a teenager or an adult shouldn't make a
> > difference. If
> > you don't GET The Catcher in the Rye, then you don't get
> > it. At
> > any age.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
>
>