Comments on: Two heroes: A rebel and a recluse http://tamarind18.com/the-rebel-and-the-recluse Just another WordPress site Fri, 06 May 2011 15:18:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Anwar Haidary http://tamarind18.com/the-rebel-and-the-recluse#comment-439 Anwar Haidary Fri, 06 May 2011 15:18:07 +0000 http://tamarind18.com/?p=445#comment-439 I am delighted and inspired at the same time by your deep sense of appreciation for the writings by these great authors. Surely I would like to pick up a copy one of these days and read the books myself. And BTW we can surely inspire our teenagers also for serious readings. We may have to do some brainstorming to find out ways in which to engage their thoughts. It would be slightly more difficult in this age of the internet. But let's be innovative and look at it all in a fun way, which is the internet way. This way we can win their confidence and when we speak, they listen. We have, however, to make sure that we do not sound preachy. Keep going... Anwar | May 6, 2011 I am delighted and inspired at the same time by your deep sense of appreciation for the writings by these great authors.
Surely I would like to pick up a copy one of these days and read the books myself.

And BTW we can surely inspire our teenagers also for serious readings. We may have to do some brainstorming to find out ways in which to engage their thoughts. It would be slightly more difficult in this age of the internet. But let’s be innovative and look at it all in a fun way, which is the internet way. This way we can win their confidence and when we speak, they listen. We have, however, to make sure that we do not sound preachy.

Keep going…

Anwar | May 6, 2011

]]> By: Mumtaz http://tamarind18.com/the-rebel-and-the-recluse#comment-14 Mumtaz Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:28:35 +0000 http://tamarind18.com/?p=445#comment-14 I picked up the book "The Catcher in the Rye" last week and finished reading through it the day J.D. Salinger left us. What a coincidence! I have the same regrets as you do about not having read the book in my teens. However, for the kind of character that I was back in those days, I doubt I'd have understood the depth of it then, had I managed to read through it completely in the first place, that is. So, I am not surprised that your teenaged son abandoned it half way through. We can all identify with Holden Caulfield at some point or another. And, in some way or another (and I hate to admit it), I believe we can also identify with at least one of the other characters in the book. Though most people grumble about the system, I guess when it's decision-making time, most of us walk the path that's well-trodden. Isn't it easier to succumb to the pressures of the society? BTW, I heard it somewhere (haven't verified it though) that a school teacher who tried to recommend this book to her pupils got the ax. C'est la vie! -Mumtaz I picked up the book “The Catcher in the Rye” last week and finished reading through it the day J.D. Salinger left us. What a coincidence!

I have the same regrets as you do about not having read the book in my teens. However, for the kind of character that I was back in those days, I doubt I’d have understood the depth of it then, had I managed to read through it completely in the first place, that is. So, I am not surprised that your teenaged son abandoned it half way through.

We can all identify with Holden Caulfield at some point or another. And, in some way or another (and I hate to admit it), I believe we can also identify with at least one of the other characters in the book. Though most people grumble about the system, I guess when it’s decision-making time, most of us walk the path that’s well-trodden. Isn’t it easier to succumb to the pressures of the society?

BTW, I heard it somewhere (haven’t verified it though) that a school teacher who tried to recommend this book to her pupils got the ax. C’est la vie!

-Mumtaz

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