The latest installment of “my life in literature” series, this one involving my high school years in a military academy.
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Tag Archives: Catcher in the Rye
My Time at Sewanee Military Academy
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged adolescence, Great Gatsby, Homer, Iliad, J.D. Salinger, John Milton Comments closed
Reading My Way to Adulthood
As an adolescent, I used fantasy in an attempt to hold on to my childhood innocence and hated “Catcher in the Rye.” Little did I realize that Salinger’s novel describes my struggle.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Circus Animals Desertion", adolescence, Albert Camus, Coming of Age, existentialism. Jean Paul Sartre, fantasy, J. D. Salinger, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Ring, W. B. Yeats Comments closed
Portrait of the Lesbian as a Young Artist
Proust and James Joyce were particularly important in helping Alison Bechdel negotiate her complex relations with her father.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged A. A. Milne, Alison Bechdel, Autobiography, Colette, Fun House, homosexuality, Importance of Being Earnest, J. D. Salinger, James and the Giant Peach, James Joyce, lesbianism, Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, Remembrance of Things Past, Roald Dahl, Ulysses, Winnie the Pooh Comments closed
What Holden Would Say about Mitt
Holden Caulfield would definitely apply his favorite word to Mitt Romney.
Author PTSD Led to Billy Pilgrim, Holden
It can be argued that “Slaughterhouse Five” and “Catcher in the Rye” were both shaped by their authors suffering from PTSD.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged J. D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut, PTSD, Slaughterhouse 5, war, World War II Comments closed
Parents, Kids, Schools & Banned Books
Parents pressure schools to ban books because they want to protect their children. Their children want the books because they have a different set of needs.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged adolescence, Are You There God It's Me Margaret, Book banning, censorship, Education, Harry Potter, J. D. Salinger, J. K. Rowling, Judy Blume, Perks of Being a Wall Flower, Stephen Chbotsky Comments closed