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And, yes, sometimes
life is whipping his tail.
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And he doesn't feel like he can get
through the day. That's refreshing for me.
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Because I have times like that myself.
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I just loved the kid so much.
I wanted to reach out to him.
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Then we asked him
what his thesis was on.
:25:19
- The one that was stolen.
- Well...
:25:23
A teacher out on Long lsland was dropped
from his job for fighting with a student.
:25:28
Weeks later, he returned to the classroom,
shot the student - unsuccessfully,
:25:34
held the class hostage,
and then shot himself - successfully.
:25:40
This fact caught my eye.
Last sentence, Times -
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"A neighbour described
the teacher as a nice boy,
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always reading Catcher in the Rye. "
:25:51
This nitwit Chapman,
who shot John Lennon,
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said he did it to draw the attention
of the world to Catcher in the Rye,
:25:59
and the reading of this book
would be his defence.
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Young Hinckley, the whiz kid who shot
Reagan and his press secretary, said:
:26:06
"If you want my defence, all you
have to do is read... Catcher in the Rye. "
:26:13
- I haven't read it in years.
- Shh.
:26:15
I borrowed a copy from a young friend.
I wanted to see what she had underlined.
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And I read this book to find out why
this touching, beautiful, sensitive story,
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published in July 1951,
had turned into this manifesto of hate.
:26:31
I started reading. It's exactly as I had
remembered. Everybody's a phoney.
:26:35
Page two - "My brother's
in Hollywood being a prostitute."
:26:38
Page three -
"What a phoney slob his father was."
:26:41
Page nine -
"People never notice anything."
:26:45
Then, on page 22, my hair stood up.
:26:49
Well...
:26:50
Remember Holden Caulfield, the definitive
sensitive youth wearing his hunter's cap?
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A deer hunter's cap?
:26:57
"Like hell it is. I sort of closed one eye
like I was taking aim at it."