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HELLO.

I HAVE A HYPOTHESIS THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY JEROME DAVID SALINGER MADE "HOLDEN CAULFIELD" –AND HIS FAMILY– A "GINGER", AND WHY AYN RAND MADE "HOWARD ROARK" AN "ORANGEHEAD".

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN "HOLDEN CAULFIELD", AND "HOWARD ROARK":

>THEY HAVE "REDDISH"/"ORANGE" HAIR COLOUR.
>THEIR FIRST NAMES BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "H".
>THEY ARE OVERLY INDIVIDUALISTIC; EGOTISTS.
>THEY ARE ANOMALIES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE HABITATS.
>THEY SMOKE.
>THEY DRINK ALCOHOL.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN "HOLDEN CAULFIELD", AND "HOWARD ROARK":

>"HOLDEN CAULFIELD" IS HYPEREMOTIONAL.
>"HOWARD ROARK" IS HYPOEMOTIONAL.

>"HOLDEN CAULFIELD" IS OVERLY CONCERNED WITH OTHER PERSONS' BEHAVIOR.
>"HOWARD ROARK" IS INDIFFERENT TOWARD OTHER PERSONS.

>"HOLDEN CAULFIELD" IS A TRADITIONALIST WHO DISLIKES CHANGE.
>"HOWARD ROARK" IS A PROGRESSIVIST WHO DESPISES STAGNATION.

>"HOLDEN CAULFIELD" WANTS TO PRESERVE.
>"HOWARD ROARK" WANTS TO REFORM.

THEY ARE OPPOSITE FACETS OF THE SAME ARCHETYPAL QUALITY; "THE EGO".

"HOLDEN CAULFIELD" FITS THE "INNOCENT" ARCHETYPE.

"HOWARD ROARK" FITS THE "HERO" ARCHETYPE.

"HOLDEN CAULFIELD" REPRESENTS THE "SATTVA" (PURITY) "GUNA" OF VEDIC PHILOSOPHY.

"HOWARD ROARK" REPRESENTS THE "RAJAS" (MOTION) "GUNA" OF VEDIC PHILOSOPHY.

"HOLDEN CAULFIELD" IS VISHNU, THE PRESERVER & SUSTAINER.

"HOWARD ROARK" IS THE FOUNTAINHEAD SHIVA, THE CREATOR & DESTROYER.

HYPOTHESIS:

THE "TUATHA DE DANNAN" WERE A RACE OF NONHUMAN BEINGS, REGARDED AS DEITIES IN IRISH MYTHOLOGY. THEY ALL HAD "RED" HAIR.

JEROME DAVID SALINGER WAS FIFTY PERCENT (50%) IRISH.

PERHAPS AYN RAND, AND JEROME DAVID SALINGER, INDEPENDENTLY MADE THEIR CHARACTERS HAVE "REDDISH"/"ORANGE" HAIR, TO BE HOMOLOGOUS TO THE "TUATHA DE DANNAN".