if a body catch a body...

"But what I mean is, lots of time you don’t know what interests you most till you start talking about something that doesn’t interest you most." ~Holden Caulfield, The Catcher in the Rye

I finished reading The Catcher in the Rye this afternoon after having owned it since high school. As I'm sure most high school students have, I'd heard a lot about the book--it being a classic and all--but never actually read it or knew much about it. It's everything and nothing I expected.

I had heard (somehow) what the end was, but the whole time I read the book I kept wondering to myself, Was that really The Catcher in the Rye and not some other book? It wasn't until I read the last chapter that I knew for sure.

Mrs. Kim ;) and I were talking about it tonight before we watched some of the Colts game... I think I am not a detail person when it comes to reading literature, even though I'm (apparently, according to standardized testing) top-notch at comprehension. I didn't have any idea Jake was impotent, for example (The Sun Also Rises). Anyhow, I feel like there must be some deeper stuff than what I am getting from TCITR, but what it might be, I have no idea. I've checked out some online commentaries, but anyone who has any thoughts on the book should share them with me!

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