Re: A Clockwork Orange...again

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Sarah --

Thanks for sharing that with us, that's a really interesting quote. I think so
much of Catcher especially deals with Holden's alienation (and I'm not blowing
any fresh bubbles here, eh fishes?) and the fragmentation of the modern world,
the kind of heartless mechanization of society, and the way ... emotional
sincerity, I guess, and idealism and hope, so often get covered with soot in
such a world. Nice catch.
	I've often heard it said (or at least once) that Holden is imbued with his
own very personal and very specific "morality" and I agree with that: he
decides whether something is good or bad on an individual basis (and he is
often wrong). I guess "good" and "evil" as such don't come into it very often.
But maybe instead "like" and "dislike." I guess we could call Holden a
"Clockwork Apricot" , literally "wound up" by society at large ... and just a
bit off-color, if you can dig it.

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