Subject: Re: Sun Also Rises and "Six."
From: Patrick Wong (ssfsx17@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jun 18 2002 - 12:28:11 EDT
--- Chris Kubica <ckubica@insightbb.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just finished reading The Sun Also Rises by Mr. H.
> and I can see a strong
> influence of this work on Mr. JDS' stuff, especially
> the early uncollected
> stories (what's the one that takes place on the
> cruise ship and is pretty
> damn precious?)
>
> I also would like to publicly put money on the guess
> that Sybil sees six
> bananafish because Jake in TSAR catches six trout.
>
> Discuss. :)
>
> P.S. Whenever someone asks me the quantity of
> something I have no answer to,
> my pat answer is also always "I dunno. Six?"
>
> Sincerely,
The Sun Also Rises is supposed to be pretty, and
that's about it. That book did not hit me particularly
hard, and did not seem to have a purpose of any sort
besides to be beautiful. The only message that one may
get out of it is about the struggle of mankind to come
together and be complete. That is a very popular form
of writing amongst some, and it is the arch-villain to
all those who prefer deep and meaningful books.
Although I will admit that JD Salinger may have
acquired a taste for beauty in the fiction of the
Roaring Twenties, Salinger's stuff hits you pretty
hard. Teddy (the one with the cruise ship) and
Bananafish, for example, give you these sudden
gut-wrenching turns that aren't pretty at all.
=====
"That which is truly wisdom will seem like foolishness to a fool, and that which is truly foolishness will seem like wisdom to a fool."
- Proverbs
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