tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post8582858237526235308..comments2024-01-28T13:17:05.441-06:00Comments on Barefoot in the Garden: I Guess I Am Not That Smart, After All...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-62440946632075754432008-10-29T14:08:00.000-05:002008-10-29T14:08:00.000-05:00I read it in HS, but my opinion of Holden Caulfiel...I read it in HS, but my opinion of Holden Caulfield was that he was a whiney brat who needed to get off his @$$ and DO something about how badly his life sucked, if it really sucked that bad. Hate School? Get a job! (My guess is he wouldn't hate school so badly after a real job in the real world.)<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I also can't figure out what makes this one a "Great American Novel". To me, it Katihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312698112377656801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-43863993540450490292008-10-22T21:00:00.000-05:002008-10-22T21:00:00.000-05:00I had a similar reaction when I read Lolita. It h...I had a similar reaction when I read <I>Lolita</I>. It has been hailed as this GREAT novel, and I just couldn't get past the fact that it's about a pedophile. I just couldn't get beyond that. The language is great, and the author has a wonderful way of stringing words together, but the subject just left me cold. I have four daughters, three of whom are very young, and a baby granddaughter, Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642417312794814066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-67869723335119968972008-10-22T15:00:00.000-05:002008-10-22T15:00:00.000-05:00Wow! Interesting comments, folks.Deb~ "Grapes of W...Wow! Interesting comments, folks.<BR/><BR/>Deb~ "Grapes of Wrath" is on my list...I just can't seem to ever find a copy at the thrift store. Might have to buy that one at Half~Price or something... <BR/><BR/>Em~ Oh, it is so nice to hear that someone who used to TEACH this book agrees with me. <BR/><BR/>e4~ Wait, are you telling me that the young folks of the world don't get the coolness of Star barefoot gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18089017268890241495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-14576536910527380562008-10-22T11:10:00.000-05:002008-10-22T11:10:00.000-05:00I have a nostalgic soft-spot for this novel. I lov...I have a nostalgic soft-spot for this novel. I loved it back in 1988.<BR/><BR/>I think that it can only be enjoyed if the reader strips away layers of murky layers of 21st Century numbness. Yes, what we read and view today makes such novels redundant, or feel that they are so.<BR/>And it's not just the topics and characters, but the writing style as well.<BR/><BR/>Holden is a touching character Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11863793441609598153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-76072484618426964252008-10-22T08:47:00.000-05:002008-10-22T08:47:00.000-05:00e4- I agree on Calvin and Hobbes! :)e4- I agree on Calvin and Hobbes! :)Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-87542706304247905902008-10-21T21:56:00.000-05:002008-10-21T21:56:00.000-05:00Funny, I had almost the same conversation just yes...Funny, I had almost the same conversation just yesterday.<BR/><BR/>I do think the world (or our culture) has changed more than we realize. <BR/><BR/>Have you ever watched the movie Citizen Kane? Exact same problem. I mean, it was interesting, because it was an old movie that had the look of a modern movie. (...which tells you something.) But it's always at or near the top of the "Best movies of e4https://www.blogger.com/profile/13435927076587347401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-85562943783408113262008-10-21T20:30:00.000-05:002008-10-21T20:30:00.000-05:00I'm with you...I just don't get it. And I used to ...I'm with you...I just don't get it. And I used to be an English teacher! Sometimes I think schools teach the same books over and over and over...even though newer things have been written that are far better. In all the world, it just can't be that this one book is worthy of being taught so often to so many.<BR/><BR/>Besides, it just isn't that good.Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14063254538593495040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28932372.post-24109746016431152312008-10-21T19:45:00.000-05:002008-10-21T19:45:00.000-05:00You know, I think I have a copy of that book layin...You know, I think I have a copy of that book laying around and I was wondering if I should delve into it since it's a "classic". Your review tells me that I would probably be wasting my time. Which I kind of suspected. Life's too short to read everything. <BR/><BR/>I did enjoy <I>The Grapes of Wrath</I> though. Or rather, I was enlightened by it. When I think of "enjoying" a novel, I think of Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879771115420282834noreply@blogger.com