Re: the upbraiding of Updike
WinBoogie@aol.com
Sun, 15 Feb 1998 15:09:32 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 98-02-15 13:12:30 EST, you write:
<< I knew how just Franny felt. And I was sure I'd
have approached her situation in just the way good old Zooey did.
God, there were very few of us left. The salt of the earth.
>>
Not me. If anything I'm entirely too likely to curl up on a couch with a
flea ridden cat refusing consecrated chicken soup. I read Zooey's comments to
try to figure out how to say the prayer for me, and not for the sake of
avoiding ignorant ushers. The Glass I relate to most is Franny. It's a sign of
my own stunted development that I can't get beyond pointing the finger
outward, creating debilitating inertia. I am a Franny, but I'd love to be
anyone but.