http://michaelkrahn.com/blog/2008/01/06/the-catcher-in-the-rye/ it's a good thing I like to dance Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:12:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://michaelkrahn.com/blog/2008/01/06/the-catcher-in-the-rye/comment-page-1/#comment-3056 Kacy Darrell Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:58:04 +0000 http://michaelkrahn.com/blog/2008/01/06/the-catcher-in-the-rye/#comment-3056 Oh you should definitely re-read The Catcher in the Rye – it won’t disappoint. Holden still remains everybody's favorite judgmental cynic. His inherent problem seems to be that he's completely alone and he knows it. The clear conflict here is that he judges and hates everyone, but at the same time wants them to be his friends. And like so many of us, he seems perpetually caught in this very limbo: judging a person, making a half-hearted attempt to reach out, and then being disappointed when that person isn't there to support him, talk with him, or try to understand him. Maybe this vulnerability is what appeals to all us reading <a href="http://www.shmoop.com/catcher-in-the-rye" rel="nofollow">The Catcher in the Rye</a>. Oh you should definitely re-read The Catcher in the Rye – it won’t disappoint. Holden still remains everybody’s favorite judgmental cynic. His inherent problem seems to be that he’s completely alone and he knows it. The clear conflict here is that he judges and hates everyone, but at the same time wants them to be his friends. And like so many of us, he seems perpetually caught in this very limbo: judging a person, making a half-hearted attempt to reach out, and then being disappointed when that person isn’t there to support him, talk with him, or try to understand him. Maybe this vulnerability is what appeals to all us reading The Catcher in the Rye.

]]> http://michaelkrahn.com/blog/2008/01/06/the-catcher-in-the-rye/comment-page-1/#comment-1254 Alden Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:15:15 +0000 http://michaelkrahn.com/blog/2008/01/06/the-catcher-in-the-rye/#comment-1254 Interesting- I was thinking a week or so ago that I'd like to read "Catcher" again... haven't read it since high school. Now I'll definitely add it to my reading list for this year. Interesting- I was thinking a week or so ago that I’d like to read “Catcher” again… haven’t read it since high school. Now I’ll definitely add it to my reading list for this year.

]]> http://michaelkrahn.com/blog/2008/01/06/the-catcher-in-the-rye/comment-page-1/#comment-1231 Bill Crider Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:33:54 +0000 http://michaelkrahn.com/blog/2008/01/06/the-catcher-in-the-rye/#comment-1231 Glad you stuck with it. The book's been a favorite of mine for 50 years, though I can easily see why it doesn't have the same impact know that it did so long ago when I first read it as a kid. Glad you stuck with it. The book’s been a favorite of mine for 50 years, though I can easily see why it doesn’t have the same impact know that it did so long ago when I first read it as a kid.

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