Holden/ Spelling,etc.
PODESTA,Lesley (Lesley.PODESTA@dewrsb.gov.au)
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:01:12 +1000 (EST)
Ellen wrote:
I definatlly don't have a problum with being compaired with
holden. it is
very flattering (but probiblly not true- im not as
self-relient as i would
like to be. "the more people i meet, the more i like my
dog") because i
love holden's charactor. he knows where its at. what upset
ME was that my
teacher said this DIRECTLLY after saying how much he
couldn't stand holden.
that wasn't very nice! he wasn't a very good englist
teacher- but i did get
a 98 on my papper about how great holden is.
Ellen, thanks for your post. Even though I discovered Salinger when I was in
my teens, I always disliked Holden. (This feels a lot like sacrilege.) He
was never a character I wanted to embrace. He reminded me of those boys in
school who would be rude or disdainful toward you in class and then try to
maul you when you were alone. Maybe your English teacher meant that he was
uncomfortable with Holden and maybe your minds makes him feel uncomfortable
too?
I was never a Holden. No one ever accused me of being like him. But I was a
Franny when I was fourteen. And as I've said here before, I'm rapidly
becoming a Bessie as my son grows up. ( He turned five on 9/9/99).
Ellen, I wanted to ask you a question. I promise I am not trying to be mean
or deliberately provocative but I really want to know if you are
deliberately misspelling words in your post. I ask this because your post
had quite original spelling but you also used apostrophes correctly. I'm
such a boring internet player that I use punctuation, etc. I know that it is
not "proper" net etiquette but I cannot free myself of grade 8 English
lessons! You are obviously smart if you get 98 on your English papers.
Thanks, I hope I am not offending you,
Lesley