I hated Catcher in the Rye in high school. I learned a lot about myself later in life when I analyzed my response.
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Tag Archives: innocence
Bright Shoots of Everlastingness
In “Retreat” Henry Vaughan’s childhood self is closer to God than his adult self, perhaps reflecting Christ’s admonition to receive the kingdom of God as a child would.
Angel Infancy
Henry Vaughan’s “The Retreat” believes that children have a special connection with eternity.
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On Mark McGwire and Fallen Idols
Robert Redford in The Natural I take a momentary break from Margaret Edson’s W;t to address Mark McGwire’s confession yesterday to having used steroids. The man whose homerun race with Sammy Sosa “saved baseball” and who then refused to “speak about the past” in a Congressional hearing is finally opening up. Or at least opening […]
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