Some Thoughts on "Catcher in the Rye"
Reading this book again was an interesting experience to say the least. The last time I read it was Subbie year for the banned book project and I'm realizing now that I understood maybe 20% of it the first time around. The first thing I want to talk about is the scene right near the end where Holden is waiting for his sister by the art museum to give her back her "Christmas dough" and say goodbye to her before he leaves. The way he describes his sister as carrying this giant suitcase and begging him to take her with him made me incredibly sad. I think that Pheobe as a character is exceptionally underrated. Even though she isn't talked about very often I get the sense that she (like Holden) is dealing with a lot of things behind the scenes. Perhaps that's one of the reasons he's always describing her as more mature and smart than her age would suggest. I remember that the first time I read from that scene to the end I was sort of disappointed. I t...