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

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In a message dated 99-08-19 19:10:03 EDT, you write:

<< >i dont understand the signifigance of "raise high the roof..." scribbled 
on 
 >the mirror.  could someone please explain it to me?
 >
 >leila
 
 
 see page 75-76 of the RHTRBC&SAI Little, Brown hardcover:
 
    ". . .I spotted a message almost immediately.  It was not, however, in
 Seymour's handwriting, but, unmistakably, in my sister Boo Boo's.  With or
 without soap, her handwriting was almost always indecipherably minute, and
 she had easily managed to post the following message up on the mirror:
 "Raise high the roof beam, carpenters. . . . "
 
 Does this assist?
 
 D. >>


i apologize for being unclear.  i read the novel about a year before i joined 
this list, but i didnt understand what was meant by the scrawlings on the 
mirror.  i thought this would be the place to ask, as jd himself is 
apparently not available to answer the questions of a curious young reader...

leila

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