So, for a second time, I can't put this book down. I'm already about four chapters ahead of where we're supposed to be.
Anyway, as for themes, what I find interesting is that as bleak as this book may seem, I just can get a bad atmosphere from it, you know? Alot of times, you'll read a book and whenever the characters are outside you get a mental image of it being overcast. That simply does not happen here. I find myself seeing more normal daytime settings, even in chapter 8 on the train.
I was pointing out in lit circles today how I think that things like Allie and Jane remind Holden of his childhood, almost like he's pining for the days before he got all serious. It's like he knows he's got something wrong with him and he doesn't want to be like that.
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I totally see what you're saying Mason. This book just has a mood to it, like one of those movies where the entire film is set to depressing music. I also really feel Holden's hostility towards others...I haven't seen someone with this much angst in a book before. It's rather interesting thinking about what might happen next.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said about Holden's attachment to childhood. This whole book seems to focus on Holden's transition into being an adult, and his reluctance to become one. I think he fears becoming a "phony", like most of the adults he talks about.
ReplyDelete(Also, you win one internet for this blog title. This leaves me to wonder what Rorschach would think of Holden. Lawl)
Weird, I personally always got a twilight feel from the book. Standing at the edge of both worlds. But it nevertheless does not feel like night time when he is traveling around the big city.
ReplyDeleteHA I TOTALLY GOT YOUR REFERENCE! Hah and Rorschach would tear Holden apart
ReplyDeleteWhenever Holden is out side it seems like it is three in the morning and fog is covering up half his body to me . . .
ReplyDelete(To Mastermind and Kieran)
ReplyDeleteYES! EXACTLY!