Looking for the literary significance of my latest grandchild, I turn to Walcott, Whitman, Masefield, Coleridge, and Byron. What emerges is a mystical seeker.
Tag Archives: J. D. Salinger
Imagining Little Ocean’s Future
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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, Catcher in the Rye, Coming of Age, existentialism. Jean Paul Sartre, fantasy, 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, Catcher in the Rye, Colette, Fun House, homosexuality, Importance of Being Earnest, James and the Giant Peach, James Joyce, lesbianism, Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, Remembrance of Things Past, Roald Dahl, Ulysses, Winnie the Pooh Comments closed
Women Making Sense of Their Lives
The female Bildungsroman arose to help women make sense of their lives in the feminist era.
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What Holden Would Say about Mitt
Holden Caulfield would definitely apply his favorite word to Mitt Romney.
To Esmé and Alban with Love (No Squalor)
With names from Salinger and Blake, my two new grandchildren have promising destinies.
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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 Catcher in the Rye, 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, Catcher in the Rye, censorship, Education, Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling, Judy Blume, Perks of Being a Wall Flower, Stephen Chbotsky Comments closed
