Re: view point
akemi deherrera (de9926ak@uscolo.edu)
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 11:59:16 -0600 (MDT)
Well in my case I believe that (I'll say adults because I don't consider
myself "old" yet) enjoy books about young people is because sometimes it
helps in sorting out things that happened that we did not understand or
felt we were the only ones who went through the troubles we did. Also I
think it's just the fact of re-living a time in our life that as the time
we may have thought it was horrid but now we can look back and see when we
walked into the tunnel and out of the tunnel. We are able to see the
whole picture from start to finish and it's not as intimidating or scary.
akemi
On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, WILL HOCHMAN wrote:
> 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
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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