Re: The Sounds of Silence or Salinger's John fetish

Hotbuns200@aol.com
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 01:34:07 -0400 (EDT)

Don't forget my favorite bathroom scene where Holden's dancing around a says, 
"Look at me!  I'm the goddamn governor's son!"

 - Adam


In a message dated 8/16/1999 2:39:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
darjr@shore.net writes:

<< Goodness, these Summer months are anathema to mailing lists, eh?  
    As I was making my way through my annual reread of Catcher, I was struck
 by a line Phoebe says when answering her mother while Holden is hiding in
 her closet.  I'm sure most dedicated Salinger readers have noticed that
 much of the "action" in his works takes place in bathrooms.  Salinger
 really a has thing for them, it seems.  Anyway, their mother asks "Have you
 said your prayers?"  and Phoebe responds "I said them in the bathroom."  My
 eyes bugged out and I had to read that  sequence again.  Given the lengthy
 Zooey bathroom scene, Franny's collapse in one, the scribbling of "Raise
 High" on the bathroom mirror, Salinger seems to use the bathroom very
 significantly.  I know I've touched on this before, but I'm looking for
 more comments on this one.
 
 
 Thanks,
 
    D.
  >>