> 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.... Not at all Erinn (: I was going to say the same thing - a friend of mine came to exactly the same conclusion after reading the book - but I guess I wimped out, fearing the same vilification. And I think that's the great (I hesitate to say `grand') irony of the whole thing. Camille verona_beach@geocities.com @ THE ARTS HOLE www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 @ THE INVERTED FOREST www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest