ankles

helena kim (helenak@geocities.com)
Mon, 08 Dec 1997 19:37:52 +0000

on thu 4 dec malcolm lawrence <malcolm@wolfenet.edu> wrote:

> You'll also notice that when El tries to straighten out what she > perceives as Ramona's
> "neurosis" (simply because she has an imaginary friend) and tries to > straighten her body's
> position in bed that she grabs her by...her ankles. (Lots of ankles in > Salinger's stuff,
> eh?) :-)

when ballet dancers, centuries ago, shortened their gowns from floor
length to just above their ankles, it was considered risque, revealing
and highly sexual.

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:helena
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