J.D. Salinger
J.D. Salinger is one of the most revered writers of the twentieth century. However, this has not kept readers from misinterpreting his works. Though there are numerous underlying meanings in Salinger's writing, not all of them have one. Many times this causes the reader to reach for something that isn't there, making them miss the actual undertone of the story. There are many occasions in which his writings can be confusing, the most common is the idea that nothing is what it seems and everything has a double meaning. However, for one to believe that misinterpretations are solely reserved for Salinger and other writers of literature would be inaccurate. One of the most blatant attempts to show this is when Salinger writes about smoking. Many readers are under the misimpression that all of the smokers in his stories are villains. This is also one of the easiest theories to disprove. In the story Down at the Dinghy, Boo Boo Tennenbaum is described as "taking out a pack of cigarettes." (p.117) Now clearly everyone who read this story knows that Boo Boo is not the villain. If that isn't enough, in Just Before the War with the Eskimos, Franklin is also described as smoking, and while he may b
295) In the final paragraph of the story, Nicholson, a man Teddy had met earlier on the boat, was walking don to the pool when he heard "the scream of a female child. Englanders were massacred because of a select few individuals felt that the Bible told them to. Remember, not every word written has a profound importance and sometimes, "A cigar is just a cigar. What might happen, though, I might walk up to the edge of it, just to have a look at the bottom, for instance, and my sister might come up behind me and push me in. In the fall of 1984, when President Reagan was campaigning for re-election, a song entitled "Born in the U. When studying pieces of literature, it is important to think about when they were written. 302) While this may give the impression that Teddy's sister pushed him into the pool killing him, it would be very un-Salinger to write a story with the ending so blatantly obvious. The reason for this is, the narrator describes Mary as "sitting on a bench. These are two of the more prevalent thoughts about Salinger's stories, but far from the only ones.
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