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Archive for October, 2011
Hamlet, The Catcher in the Rye, and the old story of teen angst
Despite what vendors would have you believe, the anxiety is not only a gel product chiseled, perfectly tousled Twilight phenomenon. Holden Caulfield is the king of the twentieth century, anguish, and he was walking around with a buzz cut in the 1950′s. Søren Kierkegaard set the bar of the philosophical angst in the nineteenth century and achieved while wearing a hat. And who can forget Prince Hamlet, skull-carrying, wear pants angst-er’s original European canon?
Kierkegaard, of course, looked at the distress of a strictly Western, Christian point of view, but the literary figures such as Holden and Hamlet has a record much more universal. (That is, unless you’re tired of all the agony and hesitation, in which case you should go read To Kill a Mockingbird for some of shoot first, ask questions later, he asks Scouts of wisdom). In fact, despite the language barrier potential (Hamlet: “What / is this quintessence of dust man delights not me?” Holden: “That guy Morrow was as sensitive as a goddamn toilet seat”), the two have a remarkable amount in common.
Tags: holden caulfield, passive aggression, prince hamlet, quintessence of dust, ren kierkegaard
The start of his style for men
I personally was never interested in the “style”. Growing up, I thought that women were responsible for the whole thing. My father, no idea, even matching his socks together, was directed in their daily work and casual clothing for my mother. As a result, I thought the style was based implicitly on women.
After leaving the nest at age 18, had a closet full of polo shirts and other items purchased from the racks preppy dept. shops, boring and conservative so super super. I blindly accepted this way of dressing, but eventually realized that looks exactly like the ads, or anyone else for that matter, was not the fashion or style.
Tags: initial inspiration, leaving the nest, male contemporaries, male fashion, time warpRelated posts