Re: BANANAFISH digest 238

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>(1) How much do we act out Salinger characters in our own lives, and find
>pleasure in little happenings, say, checkers, or feet in elevators

Every day. Perhaps its a little nuerotic...the original draw to all of 
salinger's texts were how similar the charectors were to me...especially 
in the issue of they're oversensitivity to the "spiritual climate" of any 
event or place. 
Until 9 Stories, I thought I was teh only one who would put my fist 
through a plate of glass when I was happy, just to be fair. 
The idea of emulation turned out to be pretty bad. Being exposed to 
Seymour at a very bad period only led me to associate more with Franny 
and the problem of emulation...for all teh wrong reasons, and all the 
wrong ideas. 
But then I grew up and settled on teh kid from John Updikes "A&P." I'm 
okay, now.

-ecas

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