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Aaron (aaron.brager@writeme.com)
Sat, 26 Jun 1999 15:49:18 -0400
Holden wasn't. But salinger may have, in my opinion. I think that there
are quite a few hidden ideas in catcher in the rye, for example correlation
between it and the odyssey.
----- Original Message -----
From: <JediMars@aol.com>
To: <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 1:25 PM
Subject: Re:
> yeah.. i don't think holden was going through latin roots when using the
word
> prince... i think he used it sarcastically.. meaning that the guy he was
> referring to was not such a great person..
> ~marisa
>
> << >I was tempted to say, when the original post started out, "tell me if
> >I've gone too far," to say, "Stop" when he started quoting Latin roots.
> >It's interesting and all, but I don't think it necessarily connects with
> >Holden's use of the word. I think I trust more the association of
> >Holden's use with New Yawk slang than anything. It seems to me that
> >whenever he calls someone a "prince" (which carries with it associations
> >with nobility, class, etc.), they're acting the exact opposite. Namely,
> >rudely inconsiderate. I'll betcha if you go through Catcher you'd see
> >that. Pretty much every time Holden calls someone a prince, they were
> >being rude and inconsiderate.
> >
> >Jim Rovira >>
>