Subject: Re: farewell to arms
From: Will Hochman (hochmanw1@owl.southernct.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 24 2002 - 10:47:18 EDT
Tim, before you go to sleep, would you mind telling me the straight
story of "Indian Camp." I've read that story often and think it is
one of my favorites, but I also think it subverts your point.
You wrote " Nick and the doctor and Uncle George take the camp
rowboat to "Indian Camp," and we get the story straight. There isn't
much fiction that
tells it as straight as that.
What's the straight story? Who is the real father? In my reading,
this story seems to be straightforward, but I have doubts. Is Nick's
father a good doctor or a bad teacher? Is Uncle George the real
father of the baby? I think Salinger, like Hemingway, loved telling a
story that later makes us ask questions and re-read the story
differently...will
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