Re: Antolini: Life Imprisonment
david (dsalinas@leland.stanford.edu)
Tue, 23 Feb 1999 09:39:27 -0800 (PST)
On Tue, 23 Feb 1999 the.tourist@excite.com wrote:
> Still, as you've demonstrated, it's troublesome to try to link Catcher up
> with the Glasses--especially considering that Catcher is a far superior work
> than any of the Glass episodes. (There; that ought to start an argument.)
Not really. People will obviously like different works for different
reasons, how they relate to them, how well they're written, whether it
makes them FEEL, you know, the little things.
I personally liked Catcher, but thought Franny and Zooey to be better
works. The whole cohesiveness of the Glass saga has a sort of continuity
that is much more impressive than Holden's ranting about being alienated.
Holden tells us, the Glasses show us and in doing so make us fall in love
with them.
-David