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Albert Cory's avatar

I never thought of that (for either Catcher or Llewyn). Good article.

I just used the opening of Catcher as an example of an opening line, in a post of mine, coincidentally enough.

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John Nogowski's avatar

Great post Dan the Man. I taught Catcher and one of my smartest and sweetest students said she wanted to date Holden!

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Daniel Moran's avatar

He'd be fun to teach, and I can see why girls would want to date him: troubled! sensitive!

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Imperceptible Relics's avatar

The word "phony" has been in my head for months. Wondering if I am experiencing the Dunning-Kruger effect. Probably not, but when the word "fake news" gets tossed around, its bound to come around.

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