The funny thing is that even though I was a literature major and love books, because I didn't go through the normal school system, I've actually never read Catcher despite having nothing really against the idea of it. I have a lot of these weird blind spots (I haven't actually read Gatsby either). Actually it may just be that my blind spot is 20th-century American novels, I skewed so heavily into 19th century and British-French-Russian novels. I only finally got around to reading Huck Finn because I was teaching it to a class of high schoolers.
Interesting. I had been told not to read this book because it’s “bad”— so I never did. Your analysis is insightful and, maybe I should attempt to read? I can tell you that I also know I’m not nearly as smart and well read as you are to pick up on all its deeper meaning/implications. Thank you for sharing.
Yes! We needed this. It’s one of my favorite novels ever. Just wrote up a piece for it for an article the Salvation Army asked me to write. This was all so wonderful, as I dislike any and every criticism of it.
It was one of the odder occasions of my professional writing career thus far, as they tracked me down on LinkedIn and asked me to write a piece on why Christians should read fiction for its own sake. Very honored, but still floored by the randomness of it.
The funny thing is that even though I was a literature major and love books, because I didn't go through the normal school system, I've actually never read Catcher despite having nothing really against the idea of it. I have a lot of these weird blind spots (I haven't actually read Gatsby either). Actually it may just be that my blind spot is 20th-century American novels, I skewed so heavily into 19th century and British-French-Russian novels. I only finally got around to reading Huck Finn because I was teaching it to a class of high schoolers.
Interesting. I had been told not to read this book because it’s “bad”— so I never did. Your analysis is insightful and, maybe I should attempt to read? I can tell you that I also know I’m not nearly as smart and well read as you are to pick up on all its deeper meaning/implications. Thank you for sharing.
Yes! We needed this. It’s one of my favorite novels ever. Just wrote up a piece for it for an article the Salvation Army asked me to write. This was all so wonderful, as I dislike any and every criticism of it.
The Salvation Army?! Amazing.
It was one of the odder occasions of my professional writing career thus far, as they tracked me down on LinkedIn and asked me to write a piece on why Christians should read fiction for its own sake. Very honored, but still floored by the randomness of it.
Ah, the italics!