Saturday, October 11, 2008
Catcher in the Rye II
I finished reading the book about a week ago. It ended just as it had started. I guess it is a happy ending since Holden did not run away to west. Though it was not the best book that I've ever read in my life, it was pretty good for a book that we read in school. Anyway, this book was unique in someway because it did not follow the basic guideline of novels, such as beginning, climax, exposition, blah blah blah.
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I finished the book also. I agree about the more casual format without the traditional beginning, exposition... I don't agree about the 'happy ending' because the ending had no feeling at all. It was totally unemotional and a very awkward ending to a very weird story. I don't really get it except the whole "life is a circle" thing.
@llison
Did you know that the book actually has some sort of "read between the lines" ending? I've heard that Holden ended up in an insane asylum. He didn't go home. Did anyone else get that? I reread it twice, and I honestly never seen that coming.
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