Had to read 'Catcher' in frosh English. Didn't like it, didn't understand it. Says to wife, "So what's my problem?" She says, "Go look in your library - you got ANY fiction books?"
The world is a bastion of fucking phonies. How the hell could anyone NOT read Catcher in the Rye and not relate?
I've read all Salinger's stuff. Love it all.
"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."
Seriously....I read that opening sentence and I'm glued.
Well Soapbox, taste varies. I was interested enough to cast about a bit and found that opinion seems to vary somewhat. (that blog somehow brings Rand into play as well and looks like a place you might comment?)
Have to relate this since it's now apropos. When I went to college for two years my English professor had this to say about Catcher: "I read it, it was ok but I don't know what the big deal is" and that's an assessment from a very learned guy who's read everything. BB's right, tastes vary. There's been times at my own blog when I thought I was onto something, little classics of my own that would rock the blogosphere and then I'd look at the comments section and maybe there was one person being polite.
Alot of GD words but mild by today's standards of vulgarity. I'm just saying what one of my English professor's opinion was but it's worth a read any damn day of the week imo.
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I loved when James Earl Jones played him in that movie.
Had to read 'Catcher' in frosh English. Didn't like it, didn't understand it. Says to wife, "So
what's my problem?" She says, "Go look in your library - you got ANY
fiction books?"
The world is a bastion of fucking phonies. How the hell could anyone NOT read Catcher in the Rye and not relate?
I've read all Salinger's stuff. Love it all.
"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."
Seriously....I read that opening sentence and I'm glued.
Well Soapbox, taste varies. I was interested enough to cast about a bit and found that
opinion seems to vary somewhat. (that blog somehow brings Rand into play as well and looks like a place you might comment?)
Well yes, it is very subjective. I mean I've found people who just love On the road by Kerouac.
Have to relate this since it's now apropos. When I went to college for two years my English professor had this to say about Catcher: "I read it, it was ok but I don't know what the big deal is" and that's an assessment from a very learned guy who's read everything. BB's right, tastes vary. There's been times at my own blog when I thought I was onto something, little classics of my own that would rock the blogosphere and then I'd look at the comments section and maybe there was one person being polite.
If it was no big deal, then why was there such an effort to ban it?? That only made we want to read it and his other works that much more.
Alot of GD words but mild by today's standards of vulgarity. I'm just saying what one of my English professor's opinion was but it's worth a read any damn day of the week imo.
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