greetings and salutations

ZGlass9@aol.com
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 01:40:00 -0400 (EDT)

hey there...i'm new to the list...my name is andrew...
i myself, like ellen, have been compared to holden by various people, and i 
consider it to be one of the nicest compliments you could give me...but there 
is always this part of me that doesn't want to end up like holden...alienated 
and abused...so my question is:  do you think holden's "great fall" (as mr 
antolini put it) can be best attributed to his personality or to something 
else?  i have heard different theories considering that, including that 
holden was schizophrenic...i'd love to hear ideas from you guys concerning 
this...you seem like a very eclectic group...
also, to the best of my knowledge, salinger is a zen buddhist...