Tag Archives: James Bryan

small shares of nobility

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Dave

The refusal to accept the status quo in the universe marks not only adolescents; it also marks the saints and, at times, the mad. The connection is not accidental but necessary and functional. The young have the clarity and newness … Continue reading →

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J.D : the winsome as unfair advantage

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Dave

A part of the charge of immaturity often brought against J.D. Salinger is the fact that he did not deal with mature love. The implication is that he “escapes” from sex. It is an open question whether this escape is … Continue reading →

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view from the cliff

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Dave

So long and thanks for all the fish.Even if it is hard to catch the imagery of fish frozen in ice as anything positive and constructive, a kind of purgatory state that is not fully human, but potentially on the … Continue reading →

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the huck of it: the enviable goddam silences

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Dave

Like Huck Finn, to whom Holden Caulfield is constantly compared, the hero of The Catcher in the Rye is usually described as a rebel, either against the materialism and ugliness of “our society” or against the realities of the adult … Continue reading →

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