Posted by New Reader on April 18, 19101 at 09:16:09:

In Reply to: Re: Motives posted by New Reader on April 18, 19101 at 09:14:37:

: Perhaps Hinckley and Oswald could find a similarity in the novels to their own personal lives, emotions and dispostions. Perhaps they themselves faced a dark world and both felt the controller of everything "fake" (a word Holden models as the essential dialect of the book) was these two very popular figures at that time, Lennon, controller and revolutionizer of the music industry and Kennedy, revolutionizer of a 1960's movement.They felt the need to combat it, armed with Salinger's novel in their hands as their sole source of motivation to do what they intended and wished Holden would've: rid the world of the outside world: Hope this is somewhat enlightening>

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