Thursday, December 4, 2008

Response to Giving Voice to Generations and Interview

I also think that the book doesn't really incite violence like some readers have expressed and shouldn't be censored. This book is really about a teenager just trying to cope with the adult world. Many teenage issues and values are depicted in the book, and it's interesting to read and analyze a book about problems we teenagers face.
From the interview with Salinger, it also seems like Salinger is in many ways just to Holden. Just like Holden, he is very independant and skeptical. This shows that perhaps Holden was mirrored after Salinger's own experience as an adolescent. However, unlike Holden, Salinger seems more quiet and reserved while Holden was more talkative.

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