St_Vincent-Adultman t1_ja3v6j0 wrote
J.D. Salinger also fought in World War 2 (I believe he was at D-Day and freed Dachau). I think a lot of his pessimism stems from the that. Once he found spirituality his outlook changed a bit, that’s why the Glass Family stories are different despite the fact they deal with similar characters/themes.
Exploding_Antelope t1_ja5fkeb wrote
True true and I didn’t know that about his change. But it makes sense, Franny and Zooey builds out of disillusionment to a thesis statement of faith, where Catcher does the same thing but ends with growth as the thesis.
Mariposa510 t1_ja86peb wrote
He was a freak as a person, but his work is amazing IMHO.
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