/lit/ - Literature

[twattle !EA3bdMFX0. No.2197726]

>yfw you realize that the catcher in the rye takes place in a mental hospital in california where holden's talking to a psychoanalist because of ptsd and a mental breakdown due to the death of his brother with themes relating innocence with madness.
>yfw the only other character in the book (the dr) is a symbol for a silent and faceless God and works in the same way
>yfw 'phonies' is a play on the word phonemes as opposed to mythemes with holden playing the part of the latter
>yfw people claim to have read this book

[Anonymous No.2197728]

.yfw I can interpret the book however I want

[bill from /lit/ !DSd5y5yThs No.2197730]

god fucking damnit twat

[Anonymous No.2197735]

why california

[The Importance of Being On Time and Being No.2197737]

>>2197726
>mfw overanalyzing isn't cool anymore
>mfw 'the protagonist is insane and it was all in his head' is almost the lamest, most hackneyed overused twist ever, second only to 'they're all Jesus in pergatory'
>mfw I read the book and didn't like it at all
>mfw I hnf

[twattle !EA3bdMFX0. No.2197739]

>>2197728
you can't argue with facts mister

>>2197730
hello friend

>>2197735
it explicitly says. something like my brother works in hollywood, not too far from this place

[twattle !EA3bdMFX0. No.2197740]

>>2197737
looks like we got a case of 2deep4u going on here folks

[The Importance of Being On Time and Being No.2197749]

>>2197740
It was so deep it reached right around and initiated a grand rusty trombone of phoniness.

[Anonymous No.2197753]

>>2197739

well fuck, so it does

mabes though your "silent and faceless god" is just the narratee and the implied reader coinciding to an unusual extent

mabes

[twattle !EA3bdMFX0. No.2197754]

>>2197749
you gonna say something?

[The Importance of Being On Time and Being No.2197762]

>>2197754
Nah. I don't really care.