I have had troubles starting this post. So here, I’ll just shoot.
In preparation for my General Information discussion, I started making a research of all things relevant(?). Still affected by Amy Winehouse’s death, I decided to get a list of celebrities or politicians who died this year and last year. Along with that, I plan to discuss their most important works. Of course, through ‘copy and paste’ I started making a document for my discussion. I already have 6 when one name from my source caught my eye: JD Salinger.
My thoughts became unclear. All I remember is carelessly throwing things off my desk, I felt possessed by an emotion that I can’t understand. How could I have missed this? January of last year, what was I doing? I was enraged. And right now, I think you already know it… I am just exaggerating… Just trying to tell you what I imagined but didn’t do. Why do this thing work in movies?
JD Salinger is one of my favorite authors. I love “The Catcher in the Rye”. That’s not the only reason why I am so affected by his death. See, when I was in college, our World Literature teacher asked us to write messages to five dead people. It was just a quiz, the result, I can’t remember anymore. Anyways, I chose to write something to my grandma. The second one is to JDS. The other three, I’ve forgotten. Hehe. In my message for JDS, I tried to thank him for his great novel, and that even kids today still read it. Okay, there goes the inconsistency. Months later, I read something about reclusive people. JDS was mentioned. I was amused to know that he was still alive. I was wrong. I assumed he was dead because his novel is considered a classic. Tsk, that’s just wrong! My bad!
And then how many years later, still thinking that he’s probably chilling somewhere, I’d find out that he’s already dead… for more than a year.
And then Alanis starts to sing: “Isn’t it ironic … don’t you think?”
Rest in peace, guys.
