> >and about holden being a male only icon, i'm genuinely surprised at how > >politically correct you lot are. i mean there's not A SINGLE ONE of you > >who thinks a girl can't fully appreciate holden's standpoint? wow! I'm not sure what you mean by "fully appreciate" I do, however, think that Holden was struggling with some of the very ugly parts of male sexuality unique to males that perhaps women may not be able to understand....... Of course, as with all these posts, they probably reveal more about the ones posting than about the book's characters. --Mark