Re: Seymour shoots Muriel?
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Sat, 17 Jan 1998 11:51:11 -0700 (MST)
matt, what a great way to teach a story and critical reading! in some
ways, salinger does give us that type of ambiguity with teddy, so trying
to use it in APDFB makes sense and fun to me, will
On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Matt Kozusko wrote:
>
> [someone else, possibley me]:
> > << But I'm partly
> > convinced that if we take off those last four words, nobody would really
> > know who gets shot. >>
>
> [SonikSka]:
> > wow. holy i'd-never-even-thought-of-that. i'm going to give this some
> > serious consideration...
> > bethany
>
> I'm actually going to try it. Next week, my class will read "BFish" for
> their short story unit (along with "Teddy," so I can fill two class
> periods with my tedious theories). Since "BFish" isn't in our text (??),
> I have to photocopy it (sshh!), and I'm going to white-out the last few
> words and replace them with ellipses. Only after a vote and a discussion
> will I pass out the real ending. I'll report back to the group with
> details. IN the meantime, please send further suggestions or criticisms;
> I'd like to hear some opinions on the propriety of this idea/experiment.
>
> clinamen
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