![]() Holden, the antihero: Antiheroes as protagonists were not as common prior to Catcher as they have been since. Sadly, a lot of what makes Catcher unbearable are the things that made it revolutionary and innovative 57 years ago: None of them, however, stand up well against the passage of time. What they are, which is what makes them classics, is that they reflect the time in which they were written, took revolutionary (or, in some cases, evolutionary) jumps in style or form, and greatly influenced works that came after them. However, Childe Harold is also a classic. There are those who will say that Catcher is a classic. ![]() I didn’t like it when I read it before, but I decided to keep an open mind as I read it for the second time. My opinions have not changed in the intervening six years.Īfter re-reading portions of Rumpled Trenchcoats and Rubber Bullets while preparing this latest round of queries, I felt the need to revisit one of the most famous novels of modern time, J.D. NOTE: This is a repost of an essay that appeared on my old “PaBlog” back in May of 2008, and was my most commented upon posting ever.
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