I'll have to rummage through the threads and find that link. I just thought that the idea was that Holden saw himself as (or aspired to be) a protector of children (like his sister). He would, as the Catcher in the Rye, protect them from ruining their lives, because he is aware of the dangers to which they are oblivious. The irony, then, is that his sister seems to play this role for him, providing the only stability in his life, and keeping him from tumbling off the edge of the cliff. I dunno. Just didn't seem that dynamic/entertaining to me. Maybe the article will enlighten me. I'm not very observant, so subtle themes/ideas tend to be lost on me.
Then I'm totally lost as to how that's relevant to my disappointment with Catcher in the Rye... unless I'm supposed to read these other stories instead of Catcher in the Rye. Or something. To quote Kramer's moviefone, "why don't you just TELL me the name of the movie you want to see?"
I'm not arguing that you should like it and that the article will help. Like I said, I think it's a book best enjoyed by adolescents dealing with all their angst. I was just saying the article might shed a little more light on the deeper meaning of Salinger's works. You said it didn't seem very deep to you and only seemed like it was about an immature jerk. Maddy was right, it's more about Glass, but S Glass is Salinger, and Salinger wrote Catcher. I'm totally not arguing that Catcher or the other books should be un-disappointing to you.
I'm not arguing that you should like it and that the article will help. Like I said, I think it's a book best enjoyed by adolescents dealing with all their angst. I was just saying the article might shed a little more light on the deeper meaning of Salinger's works. You said it didn't seem very deep to you and only seemed like it was about an immature jerk. Maddy was right, it's more about Glass, but S Glass is Salinger, and Salinger wrote Catcher. I'm totally not arguing that Catcher or the other books should be un-disappointing to you.
Yes it is. And it's good to see you back, certain among us were beginning to think you had gone the way of the Lassy. Not me of course, I knew you'd come hobbling back.
Just finished reading in the last week The Appeal and The Broker by John Grisham as well as The warrior Elite which for anyone that is interested in Navy Seals and the training they go through to become a seal this is a great book by far the most interesting book on the subject I have ever read and I have read just about anything I can find on Military special ops. If this stuff appeals to you another excellent book is Lone Survivor my Marcus Luttrell. I am about to start Mortal prey by John Sanford which I am sure will be a good read since all of the other prey books have been. But still the best books of all time in my humble opinion are The Godfather and Where the red fern grows which I have read each 5-10 times.
I'm thinking my next book is going to be Liar's Poker, a Wall Street brokerage firm tell-all written by Michael Lewis, who was the author of an excellent article Urbi linked to somewhere in here.
I'm thinking my next book is going to be Liar's Poker, a Wall Street brokerage firm tell-all written by Michael Lewis, who was the author of an excellent article Urbi linked to somewhere in here.
Luko-Liars Poker is a great book-especially if you enjoy the wall street/financier type books (which I do) also Wolf of Wall Street and Born to Steal are two more good ones.
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Loved the godfather
Luko-Liars Poker is a great book-especially if you enjoy the wall street/financier type books (which I do) also Wolf of Wall Street and Born to Steal are two more good ones.