R. Liebespach 2008-04-24
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I couldn't stand this book in high school, and I can't stand it now!
I couldn't stand it in high school because I found it very depressing.... full of despair and gloom. Perhaps the author should have had Holden commit suicide somewhere in the early chapters... then he could have spared us the agony of reading about his pathetic life.
I can't stand it now because the language is coarse and crude, beyond where it needs to be.
I guess the author thought it was either important or fun to have us rattle around inside of Holden Caulfield's head...
Really though. it could have all be summarized by that 4 line diddy on Hee Haw...
"Gloom, despair and agony on me-e!
Deep dark depression, excessive misery-y!
If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all!
Gloom, despair and agony on me-e-e!"
There, now you don't even need the Cliff's Notes version.