Re: letter to list
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Wed, 04 Aug 1999 10:47:08 +1000
Paul wrote:
> I'm trying to find a place for Scottie in the canon... (NOT a cannon!
THE
> canon, the Salinger canon....) I can't....
>
> It's a silly game, really. But there's no doubt in my mind that Camille
is
> either Esme or Phoebe. Sonny is Seymour--'though I'd hardly want to wish
> that heavy mantle onto such a nice man. We're all wannabe Holdens.
Where
> does Scottie fit in?
Scottie's the agressive bridesmaid with the broad shoulders from `Raise
High the Roofbeams' (: No! I know - he's the touchy taxi driver that yells
at Holden for wanting to know where the ducks were (just be glad I didn't
say Mr Spencer, Holden's history teacher! ). I *like* this game! Therefore
I'd have to add my 2 cents:
Abra - the adorable deaf-mute man in RHTRBC
Jim - Zooey (:
(Interesting - I've always been the list's honourary Esme but I've always
seen myself as more of a Franny. P.S. no I'm not pregnant!)
Paul - The Davega bicycle giver whose name I can't remember.
citycabn - Les Glass (honorary Aussie!)
Is a certain Uriel Ushas still on this list? I recall he got very agitated
when I asked him to 'fess up and admit he really *was* Holden Caulfield.
ah, I'm gonna enjoy working out some more of these!
Yours in pursuit of hunny,
Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
> I can't think of a character he resembles in anything of Salinger's I've
> read. In fact, it's necessary to regress further into my literary past
to
> find someone with Scottie'
> s particular blend of loveable grumblings.... Scottie is Eeyore. Toss
him
> some gorse and he'll be happier than Holden anticipating his rendez-vous
> with Sally at the Biltmore.... He just needs something gritty to chew
on.
>
> Tim, by the way, is Owl. No doubt about it. Camille is Kanga....
>
> (and originals of ALL the above--plus, of course, Pooh--can be seen on
the
> second floor of the NY Public Library, right across the street from
MOMA....
>
> Regards,
>
> Tigger
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