As far as my classmates go, some perfectly valid people didn't > like the book, and some people I don't really care for love it. It's funny. > But it most certainly isn't fair to hate someone because they didn't like a > book. Some people had very valid reasoning. Think about it. Who's the > phoniest character in the book? Holden himself. He lies, and is pretty much > all he hates in people personified. I guess that's just a pessimistic view. > Hope I'm not shunned from the mailing list for bringing this up.... > > -Ellen > Ellen, what you say is true. Holden is phony. I mean he says that he hates movies but then he watches them, and he tries to act older than he really is. But out my classmates that disliked the book none of them gave valid reasons and I talked about that earlier. Chao! -Liz Friedman _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com