Re: Why Buddy?


Subject: Re: Why Buddy?
From: Jive Monkey (monkey_jive@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 19 2001 - 16:49:04 GMT


It's something about the tone of the book, something in the air, so to
speak. He mentions taking a bloodbath, and the last line always makes me
think of death: "Just go to bed, now. Quickly. Quickly and slowly." I'm
quoting from memory, so that may not be totally correct, but it's close.
Also the revelation that the Seymour in "Bananafish" is really more Buddy
than Seymour. It's obviously been jds' intent that Buddy was the one
writing all of these stories, and so I always wonder how much of it is
supposed to be "autobiographical," or at least a little cock-eyed. For
instance, I've seen some debate here and there about Sgt X, and who he may
be, about how he can't be Buddy or Seymour because of his age, or whatever,
but that doesn't mean he doesn't have some Buddy in him, if jds "pretended"
to be Buddy when he wrote the story. Anyway, I'm starting to confuse
myself, so I'll leave it at that.

andy

From: "Cecilia Baader" <cbaader@cubsmvp.com>
Reply-To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
Subject: Why Buddy?
Date: 16 Apr 2001 06:20:33 -0000

Jive Monkey <monkey_jive@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Have I ever asked if anyone here thinks that Buddy commits suicide at the
>end of Seymour, an Introduction?

No you haven't. I must admit that I've never once thought it. What makes
you think so?

Regards,
Cecilia.

Common Sense. http://www.geocities.com/c_baader

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