Subject: Re: Back from the dead, or the living
From: Emily Clement (purpleduck@bla-bla.com)
Date: Sat Mar 18 2000 - 00:52:13 EST
good lord, becky!! i'm about to be in the same spot as you. i have a research paper on salinger due for my junior english class in a few weeks. i'm actually starting to get a bit sick of reading about salinger's life. i've read hamilton's biography and am in the process of reading alexander's biography, but i don't really find them interesting. i mean, i can see the obvious parallels between his work and his life, but i don't like seeing them. i like to look at the work all by itself, not thinking about what influenced salinger to write it, not thinking about salinger at all. i know, i know. how can i call myself a bananafisher?
and i totally agree with what you said about franny. i didn't really like her that much the first time i read about her. or, at least, she wasn't a special character to me. that was a few years ago. only recently have i come to feel a bit like her, like sometimes people are so disappointing. sometimes i would just sit and do nothing, trying to clear my mind of all thoughts. it would be nice if i could just turn off my brain whenever i'd like. now i like franny, since i understand her. i'm not like her, but i get what she was talking about.
also, have any of you ever experienced a certain jealous feeling towards salinger's books? you know, you lend someone your copy of a salinger book and then all you can think about is wanting to read that particular book. and every time you see them with it, you say to yourself "why, why did i lend them that book?!?!"
anyhoo....
love, em
Emily Clement
purpleduck@bla-bla.com
have a nice day!
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