Re: if he's out there
MEPIERCE (mepierce@sfasu.edu)
Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:08:46 -0600
Matthew_Stevenson@baylor.edu wrote:
>
> >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
Intriguing idea ! I hope others will respond to your post as I am off
for spring break at this very moment. The thought is certainly worth
considering. Bessie does represent the image of the fat lady as Zooey
desribes her. . .she is the emblem of the average human condition. The
more I ponder, the more I can see how she really does give a face to the
concept--Bravo Matt Stevenson.
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M.E. Pierce
Dept. of English, SFASU
http://TITAN.SFASU.EDU/~f_pierceme/
"Are you a nobody too?" --The Belle of Amherst