Re: The Great Salinger May Not Be Universal
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Thu, 16 Jul 1998 11:53:13 +1000
> << We think of what Holden would do in a situation, but we rarely
> wonder what, say, Arthur Dent would.
>
> Any takers?
>
> Camille >>
>
> I was VERY OFFENDED by this last comment, and I do wonder VERY MUCH what
> Arthur Dent would do in any situation before acting myself.
>
> And I really, really, REALLY, think that if Hitchiker's Guide isn't
> Universal Lit, well, nothing is :)
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Hitchhikers, and I was actually honoured a
couple of weeks ago to meet Douglas Adams and have my copy signed by him
(he's a very nice, very funny, very very bloody tall man) What I meant was
that by and large, Hitchhikers is not a character driven text as say,
Catcher is (and it doesn't aim to be), although I do admit the idea of
being a stranger in a strange land and feeling lost like Arthur is is a
pretty universal experience. It reminds me of when I was on a Japanese
exchange program, sitting in Tokyo Olympic Village with everyone in my dorm
hating my guts, thinking `OHhhh boy. My Mum and Dad can't just drive over
and bail me out of this one, can they?' It's a tremendous sense of
loneliness, and if loneliness isn't a universal feeling then I don't know
what is.
Camille
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>
> Jim
>
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