The Catcher in the Rye

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Another passage I really liked in The Catcher in the Rye:

"The thing Jesus really would've liked would be the guy that plays the kettle drums in the orchestra. I've watched that guy since I was about eight years old. My brother Allie and I, if we were with our parents and all, we used to move our seats and go way down so we could watch him. He's

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My son Adam (aged 24) really values that book.
He even has a close friend who has a miniature Italian greyhound named Holden.

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I really like that Holden sees humility as one of the best, if not best, traits in a person. In that passage, Holden was talking about how the audience was appaulding for the wrong person (main performer) and that since that person seems to realize that he is good, it ruins it for Holden. Then he starts to picture the performer practicing over and over a part that's suppose to look natural, and it ruins it for him, too. I really like that he admires the underdog more so than the main person.

Wow. Your icon is beautiful. I really like all of your February icons so far. The one with heart candies coming out of a prescription bottle was brillant in that it matched your post. And the green box with a string shaping a heart was clever, too.