Subject: Re: Holden is Number Two
From: Diego M. Dell'Era (dellerad@sinectis.com.ar)
Date: Wed Mar 13 2002 - 21:34:37 EST
"does anyone know the Salinger references
to FSF and The Great Gatsby? will"
Buddy begins "Zooey" with a confession of his main virtue
as a writer, just as Nick 'boasts' about his tolerance.
Descriptions in both authors are quite narrative, small scenes
in their own right: Miss Baker's posture as a delicate balance
of an invisible object on her head, which demands constant
attention, is a fine example.
They both tend to make much of small incidents: Nick gives
directions to a passer by and then he "was a guide, a pahtfinder,
an original settler". Of course, it's meant to be ironic and
self-deprecating, but there usually is a certain pride in his own
sensitivity, or, if you wish, his powers of detection of lovable
human frailties.
I think Nick doesn't always report his own speech, a cloaking
device that Seargent X also uses. His social behaviour resembles
that of Buddy, and there's a scene in a hot appartment, with
cold drinks and uncomfortable guests, that is pure "Raise High
the Roof Beam, Carpenters".
This is just what comes to my mind right now, and I can't
remember much else, but someone here should write something
serious about it.
Saludos,
diego d.
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