I loved CitR as a teen, and I still like it today. Perhaps I enjoyed the cynical Holden, or that he misses the point, or that I was enveloped in the same cynicism and isolation at that stage in my life, but I connected with him. (I guess you could say the cynic has never left me, given the way I approach my job and corporate life.)
Perhaps how you appreciate CitR is more a measure of how you view life; the more cynical and pessimistic you are, the more you love it.
Of high school/college class reading from that era, I still think that To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite, but CitR is probably close behind.
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Date: 2010-01-28 08:29 pm (UTC)Perhaps how you appreciate CitR is more a measure of how you view life; the more cynical and pessimistic you are, the more you love it.
Of high school/college class reading from that era, I still think that To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite, but CitR is probably close behind.