To: Harmless Teddy Bear
At the time his voice was completely new. The alienated urban adolescent. Hard to believe now because it’s so ingrained.
67 posted on
02/20/2014 1:37:31 PM PST by
Borges
To: Borges
At the time his voice was completely new. The alienated urban adolescent.Sure it was. Why every kid I knew growing up off Arthur Avenue, Flatbush, 3rd St and Avenue A, Roosevelt Avenue, and dem places in Brooklyn and Staten Island, dey all said, "Man, dis Holden guy, it's like he's living my life!"
68 posted on
02/20/2014 1:48:24 PM PST by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Borges
Only if you use the term adolescent. Otherwise it is the same story since Rome and before. Boy mopes, whines and complains about nothing but never actually pulls on his sandals and tries to do anything constructive.
I know people like to think that they are cutting edge but I bet Og in his cave would have recognized Holden as that brat from downstream.
70 posted on
02/20/2014 3:47:28 PM PST by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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