Re:Get a Life, Holden Caulfield
by michael_dorfman on Monday June 22, 2009 @03:29AM
(#668392)
I've noticed three distinct stages in the reader's response to the character's response to Holden, generally related to the age of the reader:
1) "Holden's so cool-- I'm just like him"
2) "Holden's a loser-- I'm nothing like him"
3) "Holden's a loser-- I was just like him"
From the article, it appears that the teenagers reading the book these days are jumping straight to the second stage. I hope they re-read it when they are a decade or two older.
1) "Holden's so cool-- I'm just like him" 2) "Holden's a loser-- I'm nothing like him" 3) "Holden's a loser-- I was just like him"
From the article, it appears that the teenagers reading the book these days are jumping straight to the second stage. I hope they re-read it when they are a decade or two older.