tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post2465316937705202433..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: "The greatest mind ever to stay in prep school": On Salinger and The Catcher in the RyeJohn B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-31722784686383121152010-01-31T14:32:20.637-06:002010-01-31T14:32:20.637-06:00Earlier Comment Removed Because Of Excessive Ranti...<i>Earlier Comment Removed Because Of Excessive Ranting Contained Therein.</i><br /><br />Thanks for the plug.<br /><br />I wonder whether I would have thought the novel better, had I not been subjected to all the press telling me how great/salacious/meaningful it was.<br /><br />As for Holden v. Huck, thanks for the comparison/contrast. Not to brown-nose the professor, but the problem with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-59627927697445683242010-01-30T08:46:56.607-06:002010-01-30T08:46:56.607-06:00"Catcher," to me, is a book that has to ..."Catcher," to me, is a book that has to be read at the right time in your life. It doesn't have the same effect the 2nd or 3rd time reading it. If the timing is right, it becomes more than a life experience could ever provide. -kkatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04035980292297789346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-52424966140468496462010-01-29T23:30:47.469-06:002010-01-29T23:30:47.469-06:00He was self-conscious. When he became famous he be...He was self-conscious. When he became famous he became so self-conscious, so horribly aware of what people were thinking and expecting that he could no longer write. I think, anyway. He couldn't be what people wanted him to be. I think he has volumes of the Glass family adventures hidden in the walls of his NH house. I like Nine Stories best. My sister posted on her Facebook status late Amyhttp://amykane.typepad.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-74361044773516655542010-01-29T21:03:46.844-06:002010-01-29T21:03:46.844-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com