http://www.litdrift.com/2009/06/22/holden-gets-old-salinger-gets-mad/ Storytelling in the 21st Century Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://www.litdrift.com/2009/06/22/holden-gets-old-salinger-gets-mad/comment-page-1/#comment-1083 Just Write Blog Carnival July 3, 2009 Edition | Incurable Disease of Writing Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:09:29 +0000 http://litdrift.com/?p=798#comment-1083 [...] Drift presents Holden Gets Old, Salinger Gets Mad posted at Lit Drift, saying, “Lit Drift’s Jennifer Blevins takes a hard look at J.D. [...] [...] Drift presents Holden Gets Old, Salinger Gets Mad posted at Lit Drift, saying, “Lit Drift’s Jennifer Blevins takes a hard look at J.D. [...]

]]> http://www.litdrift.com/2009/06/22/holden-gets-old-salinger-gets-mad/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Michelle Wittle Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:43:34 +0000 http://litdrift.com/?p=798#comment-195 I used to tell my students to write for 30 minutes in stream-of-consciousness rant while we were reading "Catcher in the Rye" so the kids would understand how Holden was talking to them. They loved having the freedom to just empty the thoughts from their head. I have always loved Holden because there is always going to be a kid like Holden somewhere. It is ironic that Salinger uses "Holden" for his name while Salinger holds his characters so close to him. I would love to read a novel in which Holden and Salinger meet. I could see Salinger wanting to kill Holden because Holden made Salinger such a house hold name in the literary world. Yet, I can understand Mr. Salinger not wanting to be around to see how the work plays out. If the novel is ill-written, I would understand Salinger's anger. I guess by keeping his works so close to him, he let's us all figure out what the characters mean to us. Salinger refuses to explain or define his work because, maybe he is giving us free will in understand his works as we need to understand them. Almost like he wrote the book and we get to find its meaning in our lives. Or maybe he just wants to be left alone. I used to tell my students to write for 30 minutes in stream-of-consciousness rant while we were reading “Catcher in the Rye” so the kids would understand how Holden was talking to them. They loved having the freedom to just empty the thoughts from their head.
I have always loved Holden because there is always going to be a kid like Holden somewhere.
It is ironic that Salinger uses “Holden” for his name while Salinger holds his characters so close to him.
I would love to read a novel in which Holden and Salinger meet. I could see Salinger wanting to kill Holden because Holden made Salinger such a house hold name in the literary world.
Yet, I can understand Mr. Salinger not wanting to be around to see how the work plays out. If the novel is ill-written, I would understand Salinger’s anger. I guess by keeping his works so close to him, he let’s us all figure out what the characters mean to us. Salinger refuses to explain or define his work because, maybe he is giving us free will in understand his works as we need to understand them. Almost like he wrote the book and we get to find its meaning in our lives.
Or maybe he just wants to be left alone.

]]> http://www.litdrift.com/2009/06/22/holden-gets-old-salinger-gets-mad/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Katy Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:20:37 +0000 http://litdrift.com/?p=798#comment-76 Pretty good post. I just came across your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed browsing your posts. Any way I'll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you post again soon! Pretty good post. I just came across your blog and wanted to say
that I have really enjoyed browsing your posts. Any way
I’ll be subscribing to your blog and I hope you post again soon!

]]> http://www.litdrift.com/2009/06/22/holden-gets-old-salinger-gets-mad/comment-page-1/#comment-75 fsm Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:51:32 +0000 http://litdrift.com/?p=798#comment-75 brilliant. this article is simply spot-on. love it. brilliant. this article is simply spot-on. love it.

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