Re: if he's out there
Matthew_Stevenson@baylor.edu
Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:41:05 -0600
>and zooey says, "i'm late now, Fatty. C'mon. One side." and Bessie
>follows him still nagging about the perspiration.
>
>It's a great little passage because the reference to her rotund waist is
>a term of endearment that could only be understood between the two of
>them.
>
I've proferred this before to little or no response, but I'm willing to try
again. Does anyone else see a connection between Zooey calling his mother
"Fatty" and Franny's religious "Fat Lady"? I haven't completely worked the
idea out in my head (mostly brecause I can't seem to find my copy of F&Z), but
I think there is something there. Thoughts anyone? (Especially Scottie for
whom I have shucked the rags of lower case and donned new robes of grammar
ethics.)...Matt Stevenson