Re: The Inverted Forest

Thanks for the correction about RHTRBC, Kim.

Psychotic/psychopath/sociopath all used to have specific, distinct
meanings. I wonder if they do in Salinger?

What we seem to be reproducing here is what we see represented in Glass
family fiction -- looking back, sifting through available evidence,
trying to make sense of an insensible sucide.

Pretty realistic, no? We're drawn into the Glass family orbit by
looking for answers to these questions ourselves. If that's the whole
point, Salinger did a pretty good job. If he actually meant the suicide
to say something about genius and sensitivity in mid 20th century
American society, well, we need to keep looking to see if he pulled it off.

Jim

Kim Johnson wrote:

>>> Seymour is a classic lunatic.
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>then salinger sure wasted a lot of time creating the
>subsequent glass family stories if seymour is to be
>viewed as you say. why not simply leave it at
>'bananafish'?
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>kim
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