Subject: Re: An ocean full of bocce balls
ErsatzAzalea@aol.com
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 18:51:13 EDT
In a message dated 5/2/2002 2:45:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mbombard@middlebury.edu writes:
> I think that the main characters of each story,
> beginning with Seymour and ending with Teddy, are at various stages of
> enlightenment, Teddy having reached enlightenment, and at the end of the
> story escaping the birth/death/re-birth cycle
I disagree, if you are implying that Seymour is not close to enlightenment.
In "Raise High The Roofbeam, Carpenters," he is made out to be one of the
most enlightened characters in Salinger's published stories... aside from
Teddy. But then again, Buddy Glass said that he wrote the story for Seymour,
but when the rest of the Glass's read it they said that the character in
Bananafish wasn't Seymour but Buddy himself, who seems to be at a lower level
as far as spiritual development goes. So maybe you're right. Feedback?
~Melanie
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