Subject: Re: Avoidance of stereotypes and the true themes of "Eskimos"
From: tiffany anne hanulec (thanulec@brynmawr.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 26 1997 - 01:18:38 GMT
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>You know what's funny? It never occured to me either and it still hasn't,
>that Eric was gay. I asked for evidence, besides Paul's stereotypical
>assumptions about homosexuals, for Eric's homosexuality and have received
>none whatsoever. Suffice it to say, I still maintain that Eric's
>sexuality in general, was not even a significant theme in the story. I
>went on to name other themes in this post, that I thought were far more
>prevalent and noticeable. The number of people who seemingly insist
>though, that Eric's sexuality and supposed homosexuality was an important
>theme is definitely disturbing and like I said.......I'm afraid, a sign
>of homophobia.
I agree, I agree. I was really in to this story for a while, because I
could not make any real sense of it, which is odd for a Salinger story.
There did not seem to be any real theme or point, so I hit the library and
none of the criticism I read had much to say about it either. ALl they
really could say is that it was about War Anxiety in the upper classes. And
most agree that it is actually a sub par story, which I hate to say I have
to agree with. Well, at least it is the only one I have come across so far.
>You're welcome.......and don't call yourself lazy for failing to write a
>bananafish post, sheesh! :-)
It's the persistent guilt that I always should be doing more than I am
already doing... Damn that sense of responsibility!
Tiffany
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