Re: Zooey rediscovered
NovenA16@aol.com
Thu, 05 Feb 1998 00:11:26 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 98-01-18 23:32:54 EST, suburbantourist@hotmail.com writes:
<< Bawer states, "Salinger is more
>interested in having a family of incurable childlike adults to play
with
>on paper than he is in trying to figure out how people like that
*really*
>get to be that way or how they they might manage to become (horrors!)
>emotionally healthy adults."
> >>
I think the stories show how they've became that way and how they can manage
to become healthy adults.I'm not going to explain how they've came that way,I
see it throughout the whole book.But the part about them becoming healthy
adults,isn't the ending a possible turning point for Franny?I mean,isn't the
ending a possible turning point for Franny?(did anybody catch that?)But
really,I mean Zooey's telling her this.He's learned something.That's what the
fat lady is all about,isn't it?A reason to move.Everybody's always becoming
healthier,aren't they?The fat lady is the manager of this.It's managing Franny
and Zooey to stop complaining and do what the hell they want to do.At first I
was just going to write,"Bawer's full of shit."And I should have said
that.Bawer's full of shit.