Re: Quiet list? there's always
StupiesCuz@aol.com
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 22:25:47 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 98-06-30 22:21:20 EDT, you write:
<< What confuses me is that both Holden and Franny seem to work out their
problems by the end of the book, while the real-life Salinger seems to
have simply retreated from it all. >>
I think it's quite normal that if someone cannot work out personal problems in
their life, they will attempt or would have the desire for their expressed
characters to resolve their problems.
"...I grew six and a half inches last year. That's also how I
practically got t.b. and came out here for all these goddam checkups and
stuff..."
Consider an average 16 year old - they grow, that's what they are supposed to
do. Six inches or not, but they grow. I, personally, didn't catch that
sentence as a relevant fact of some physiological problem. Checkups, checkups,
we all have them.
-Olga-