Re: Teddy
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Mon, 05 Jan 1998 08:55:38 -0700 (MST)
Brendan, your "of course" attitude shows how limited a reader you really
are--there are many good reasons to construct the story with an empty pool
and a pushed/dead teddy, but there are enough reasons to create some very
valid doubt as well. Readers who are certain of one interpretation
without understanding a legitimate field of possibility may be praised for
their enthusiasm, but not their wisdom. will
On Sun, 4 Jan 1998, Brendan McKennedy wrote:
> >In a message dated 98-01-02 12:32:49 EST, you write:
> >
> ><< Are you sure anyone died? >>
> >
> >
> >Was the pool even empty?? In the story he says that it MIGHT be the day they
> >were changing the water...
> >
>
> Oh come on, folks. I enjoy the equivocation, but
> let's not be silly. Of course the pool was empty,
> of course Teddy died, and his sister pushed him in,
>