Re: hello everyone
Bernd Wahlbrinck (Bernd.Wahlbrinck@t-online.de)
Sat, 11 Sep 1999 15:37:29 +0100
FROM: Bernd Wahlbrinck 11.09.1999 14:52:13 MET GERMANY
bernd.wahlbrinck@t-online.de
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hi ellen
1. welcome to the list
2. you wrote:
>I love the book "catcher in the rye". I honestly
>spoke like holden for months after reading it! My english teacher
>doesn't
>like holden, and i had to defend him and argue with my teacher as
>well as my
>class for 3 days. The debate got personal when my teacher told me i
>have a
>similar outlook towards life as Holden...
you know something? that s one of the biggest compliments you re
likely to get! i m not talking about holden flunking school etc -
that s holden too, but only a tiny or less important part of him (and
i m saying that although i am a teacher myself). i m talking about
the fact that this teacher compares you to a literary character that
probably millions of people have identified with - because he is fed
up with phony people around him, because he is trying to preserve the
innocence of children and, in a sense, his own, because he tries to
rub out the "fuck you" on the wall, because he cares about the ducks,
because he cares about people like james castle and the nuns, etc etc
etc. so that s what i call a compliment!!
so take care
Bernd
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Come to think of it: why not take a trip to my webpage:
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE BY J.D. SALINGER - AND RELATED MATTERS
URL: http://mitglied.tripod.de/BerndWahlbrinck/index.htm