suicide....?

Rollo Rumford (rollo.rumford@cwcom.net)
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 15:02:11 +0100

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look, when ive had more time to think about it ill suggest this
properly, and when ive read teddy and reread bananafish BUT what do you
think salinger's attitude toward suicide is? im not interested in the
whys but its just that it struck me that whenever seymour's death gets a
mention (i.e. all the time) it gets it with the same nonchalance each
time. its not quite that, but lack of cogent explanation to the none-
too- intelligent reader (i.e. me) - and, surely, suicide is all about
justification or comprehension- gives the impression that salinger
condones it.
    the reason it struck me (you can see im going to have to come back
to this and explain it better) is that, wondering what salinger's views
on self- slaughter were, i remembered that it was 'Buddy' who ''wrote''
Bananafish. Is this some kind of thinly veiled palming off of an
opinion, or is it a passing off of an explanation which, i might add,
ensures generations of readers will continue to debate the 'whys', and
will probably take up buddhism or something in order to understand.
    Comments please, if you understand what that waffle was about
cheers,
your long winded, uncertain  and vague friend

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look, when ive had more time to think about it ill suggest this properly, and when ive read teddy and reread bananafish BUT what do you think salinger's attitude toward suicide is? im not interested in the whys but its just that it struck me that whenever seymour's death gets a mention (i.e. all the time) it gets it with the same nonchalance each time. its not quite that, but lack of cogent explanation to the none- too- intelligent reader (i.e. me) - and, surely, suicide is all about justification or comprehension- gives the impression that salinger condones it.
    the reason it struck me (you can see im going to have to come back to this and explain it better) is that, wondering what salinger's views on self- slaughter were, i remembered that it was 'Buddy' who ''wrote'' Bananafish. Is this some kind of thinly veiled palming off of an opinion, or is it a passing off of an explanation which, i might add, ensures generations of readers will continue to debate the 'whys', and will probably take up buddhism or something in order to understand.
    Comments please, if you understand what that waffle was about
cheers,
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