Re: PS to Pippen
Emily Friedman (bananafish_9@yahoo.com)
Fri, 26 Feb 1999 12:59:52 -0800 (PST)
>
> Obligitory JDS: When I read the Glass stories I never picked up on the
> Jewishness of the characters. It wasn't until I read Ian Hamilton's
> Biography that I realized JDS was jewish, and so were the Glasses. I
> re-read things and still it doesn't stand out. However, my Jewish
friend
> claims that he couldn't believe how jewish the whole Glass family is.
> Even the mother, who is Irish Catholic or something is extremely
Jewish
> he says.
>
> Did anyone else have strong reactions to the Jewishness of the
Salinger
> characters?
>
> -j
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> Jason Varsoke jvarsoke@bigfoot.com
> For good mental hygiene, shave with Occam's Razor twice daily
If you categorize the Glass family as having Jewish characteristics
because of Jewish steoreotypes than I do not see it. When I read the
Glass stories I thought that they were pretty much a typical family
and could have been from many kinds of backgrounds-except for Franny.
She was too involved in christianity. I did not see any evidence of
Jewishness in the mother, she seemed to ba a typical meddlesome mother.
-Liz Friedman
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