dunno
perhaps a lobotomy might help me to get into that train of thought.
a first psychopath claims aliens made him kill
we typically do not assign blame to wells, spielberg or scifi in general.
a second psychopath claims god made him kill
now we are treated to the sight of rabid trolls fanatically blaming scripture
and? then what? we let him walk with an insanity plea? that is an exemplary example of "*religiously* motivated violence"?
what this thread should show is that there are no easy associations and especially any that involve psychopaths. one would think you would be cognizant of that fact after "pages and pages"
The most well-known event associated with The Catcher in the Rye is arguably Mark David Chapman's murder of John Lennon. Chapman identified with the novel's narrator to the extent that he wanted to change his name to Holden Caulfield. On the night he shot Lennon, Chapman was found with a copy of the book in which he had written "This is my statement" and signed Holden's name. Later, he read a passage from the novel to address the court during his sentencing. Daniel Stashower speculated that Chapman had wanted Lennon's innocence to be preserved by death, inspired by Holden's wish to preserve children's innocence despite Holden's later realization that children should be left alone
yeah comprehension was a problem but no matter, the book inspires violence
