Yes, he was. But I can still cut him some slack. Growing up in a New Yorker story is pretty tough neighborhood. See Igby Goes Down and almost anything by Wes Anderson for details.
Sorry to be so abrupt about shooting down the totalitarian Tokugawa. I just didn’t want to take too much time away from everyone. On paper, the laws make it look as if the Tokugawa shogunate dictated everything, at least for the 25% of Japan they controlled. It’s just that there is a world of difference between making a law and enforcing it, or even the will to enforce it, which could vary from shogun to shogun. And then there’s the 75% over which the shogun had influence rather than jurisdiction. Although it’s complicated.
About The Catcher in the Rye.
Read as a 15 year old, Holden was a hero.
Read as a 22 year old, Holden was a scared, self-deluded, and immature adolescent.
Which is to say,
it was a great book.
Read as a 70-year-old, he was a brat.
Yes, he was. But I can still cut him some slack. Growing up in a New Yorker story is pretty tough neighborhood. See Igby Goes Down and almost anything by Wes Anderson for details.
There is that.
Sorry to be so abrupt about shooting down the totalitarian Tokugawa. I just didn’t want to take too much time away from everyone. On paper, the laws make it look as if the Tokugawa shogunate dictated everything, at least for the 25% of Japan they controlled. It’s just that there is a world of difference between making a law and enforcing it, or even the will to enforce it, which could vary from shogun to shogun. And then there’s the 75% over which the shogun had influence rather than jurisdiction. Although it’s complicated.
Over and underrated: The US Constitution