Subject: Re: Seymour The Coward
Smmrs@aol.com
Date: Wed Mar 01 2000 - 12:50:29 EST
In a message dated Wed, 1 Mar 2000 12:27:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, AntiUtopia@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 3/1/00 12:19:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> citycabn@gateway.net writes:
>
> << Would a number of bfish radically revise their opinions re the Seymour _of
> all the Glass Stories_ if Seymour, on March 18, 1948, at the age of
> thirty-one, while vacationing down in Florida with his wife, had served as
> lunch for Jaws?
>
> Yes, Zooey says S & B made freaks out of himself and Franny. But remember,
> Franny's "salvation" comes via the Fat Lady was which _Seymour's_ parable.
>
> Seymour is not a coward.
>
> --Bruce >>
>
> I would revise my opinion of Seymour if he had been eaten by a shark, yes.
> And I don't think he was necessarily a coward all his life. I think he
> succumbed to an impulse...an impulse he'd been carrying around for a long
> time, but still an impulse.
>
> Jim
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Yes certainly, S didn't decide at that point on the beach that he should go back to his room and off himself. A friend of mine once said he thought Seymour was a homosexual with suicidal ideations his whole life. I'm re-reading Hapworth to get a new perspective on Seymours sexuality (or lack thereof)..
Someone on this list brought up the point that Buddy maqde Seymour into a saint. This is a good point. that private phone he is so proud of. How Seymours room and possetions are put in virtual formaldehyde...
"Ghosts this house is haunted by ghosts!"
I hope someone can place this quote, as I think it fits the glass family very well:
"Weary is the head that wears the crown"
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