I don't want a lot of fools looking at my tattoo


Subject: I don't want a lot of fools looking at my tattoo
From: Jive Monkey (monkey_jive@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 18:14:26 EDT


I think the whole work is pure genius. That bit about the sandwich in
"Eskimos," I can't think of another author that would come up with something
like that, or even try to. Not that I'm so well-read or anything, but the
sandwich thing always hits me right between the eyes.

Micaela, please go into detail. I'm interested to know what others think
about this, especially how some of the stories revolve around characters
that don't actually appear in the action, so to speak (Walt in "Wiggly" for
instance). What I'm really wondering is if it's a particular character in
each story whom JD is focusing on, or all of them in varying degrees? It's
seems obvious that Teddy is the most enlightened of all the characters in
the nine stories, but who represent the other stages? What are the stages
for that matter? Where does Sister Irma fit in? What about the pickles in
"Dinghy?" And just what exactly is the relationship between Seymour and
feet?

From: Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu>
Reply-To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
Subject: Re: An ocean full of bocce balls
Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 17:21:42 -0400

That's pretty interesting and pretty cool, but I'm not sure where Uncle
Wiggly would fit into that...could you develop this a bit more? Say,
talk about each stage vs. each story? That'd be really interesting :)

Jim

Micaela wrote:
>
> This is complete speculation, but I have a feeling that his reaction to
the
> reordering of "Nine Stories" has something to do with the Buddhist notion
of
> enlightenment. If anyone out there has more information or can confirm
> this, I'd appreciate it. 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. There is a lot of
evidence
> for this theory in the stories themselves, which I would be happy to
detail
> if there is interest...but I'm sure some of you picked up on it anyway,
so I
> won't bother.
>
> -Micaela
> (in Vermont)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bananafish@roughdraft.org
> [mailto:owner-bananafish@roughdraft.org]On Behalf Of LR Pearson, Arts 99
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 1:03 PM
> To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
> Subject: Re: An ocean full of bacce balls
>
> On Wed, 01 May 2002 19:36:55 -0400 Jive Monkey <monkey_jive@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > I believe "Nine Stories" is also known as '"For Esme - with Love and
> > Squalor" and Other Stories.'
>
> I know... that was the edition I read first... but I seem to recall
> reading that he broke with his British agent over the changes, or
> something. It was details on Salinger's reaction I was looking for.
> Thanks for trying, though. This always happens to me: I read things out
> of interest and then when I want to quote them I can never remember
> where I got the information. Never mind.
>
> Love, Lucy-Ruth
> ----------------------
> LR Pearson, Arts 99
> lp9616@bristol.ac.uk
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