maybe context is everything, but for the record, I think you are setting up a phony dichotomy, will On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Peggy F. Jean-Louis wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, WILL HOCHMAN wrote: > > > I don't see the brilliance and didn't enjoy the tone...will > > > Although ecas probably won't enjoy it, I'll try to explain why I thought > it was brilliant and why I thoroughly enjoyed it's tone. I don't expect to > succeed completely, I don't have the command of language that so many of > my fellow Bananafish do, but I'll do my best. > ecas's (and I'm using lowercase letters because that's how Eryk chooses to > designate himself and I respect that) post was so raw, so honest...so > *real* that it evoked Holden's voice. That aggrieved tone is exactly the > one I would expect Holden to have if he found himself in a similiar > situation. After so many cerebral posts, it was refreshing to read one > that came from the gut, not the head. > > Peggy > > >