>I actually feel the same way you do about Catcher and the Glass stories (I
>get a lot more out of the Glass stories). . .just, if you want to judge
>Salinger's influence, there's just no getting around or beyond Catcher.
I agree also. What gets me about "Catcher" is that (this may be selfish)it's
not Salinger's best work, yet it's taught in high schools, which gets it a
lot of exposure. Then you have kids full of real or imagined angst who are
like, man that book is me! I can relate! And they then credit Salinger as
their favorite author.. without ever reading any of his other (better) work.
It's just given too much credit. The selfish part comes in because I first
read Catcher when I was 13, I had seen it in a bookstore and made my mom buy
it. Fast forward three years, it's being taught in english and there's 100
kids or however many in my class saying how much they love it.. when they
probably never would have read it on their own. I guess I should hope that
someone reads Catcher in english class, and then reads Salinger's other work
and falls in love with it like I did, and then I can thank Catcher for that.
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