Re: Fear of Repercussions...
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 18:48:48 +1000
Cecilia Baader wrote:
> I don't know that I'd necessarily identify them with any religion, as the
> Glasses didn't seem to "bring them up" anything. Les Glass is Jewish and
> Bessie is an Irish Catholic.
... which is particularly important because this is exactly what JDS's
parents were. And there's little suggestion that he had anything but a
secular upbringing (it has been pointed out that Salinger Senior imported
hams so couldn't have been very kosher-Jewish)
> But the kids seem to belong to the Church of Seymour. Their horse-buyer
who
> told them what to believe... And Buddy trusts no one else to buy horses
for
> him. So they spend the rest of their lives, visiting his room, reading
his
> books, quoting things that he's said to each other.
Excellent point (:
Camille
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