It's sooo nice hearing so much from the so oft silent Marisa :) (btw, found work yet?). The correlation between Catcher and the Odyssey sounds pretty interesting...would love to hear you develop that, Aaron. On Sat, 26 Jun 1999 15:49:18 -0400 Aaron <aaron.brager@writeme.com> writes: >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 >> >> > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.