Re: Smart kids, (empiricist on the prowel)
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Thu, 27 May 1999 17:11:44 +1000
I was just thinking the other day that Salinger seems to drive a huge wedge
between intelligence and wisdom. Those people who are `intelligent' - in
the sense that they know a lot of things - are generally made to look bad -
i.e. Lane in `Franny', Mr Spencer in Catcher, the Section Men in general.
Whereas the truly wise people are given almost no words. Who could ever
forget the deaf-mute in Raise High, or Holden's correspondent fantasy in
Catcher? Perhaps that was Salinger's greatest mistake in letting Seymour
say so many words after his years of silence.
Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
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> I would say that a lot of the Eastern literature that influenced Salinger
> made normal human intelligence out to be a pretty good asset in attaining
> wisdom. So while you may disagree with this view of wisdom, Camille's
> representation is pretty apropos to Salinger's work. Usually it is those
> with genius that are wise as well in Salinger's world...
>
> jim
>
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