franny
John Touzios (JTouzios@mwumail.midwestern.edu)
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 22:00:38 -0600
the spiritual backdrop of this story is both important and unimportant.
according to j.d.'s story seymour and buddy undertook to educate the children
by introducing them to the ideas of the east. now the scheme is simple.
there is a state of grace somewhere down the line, but if you're trying to get
there you never will. not very interesting. j.d.'s ability as a writer is to
make this real. the best example is seymour's jumping hair. seymour could
walk down the street and worry to heck about his hair getting on his little
brother at the barber shop and annoying him. we still have lives to lead,
even if there is a state of grace somewhere at the end of it, when we join up
with all the angels, carry jesus in our hearts, or become conscious of the
oneness; whatever. can you feel terribly in your stomach because franny does?
then that's the story.
can someone please tell me in a plain sentence if it's a true story?
john touzios
"Man the most complex, intricate and delicately constructed
machine of all creation, is the one with which the osteopath
must become familiar." A.T. Still
"Everyone seems to know how useful it is to be useful.
No one seems to know how useful it is to be useless."
Chuang Tzu