about that "left" buisiness
Catherine Marie (tangerineness@hotmail.com)
Fri, 28 May 1999 17:23:34 -0700 (PDT)
Franny and Zooey was my first encounter with the Glass family, less hearing
A Perfect Day for Banana Fish outloud once in english before was started
F+Z, and, being for the moment fixated on left handedness, I noticed that
there were extensive uses of the words "left" and "right" throughout the
story, where it's not really necessary, so for my final paper I decided to
trace that image. The conclusions I came to went something like this:
"right" represents what is right within society, and "left" represents
truth, but (and my copy of Franny and Zooey is for the moment not in my
possession, it is SOMEWHERE in this house, but as far as where... (I am also
without nine stories, but at least that one i know is on my friends
nightstand right now) so, despite this ramble, the point is I don't exactly
have any quotes or such) but at the end Franny uses both hands when talking
on the phone (with ???) and that shows that to survive one must find the
connection between that truth seeking and society... anyways, I am currently
reading Seymour: An Introduction, and I stumbled upon the little diverging
thought on that "left" buisness, and I was wondering if anyone else had
noticed that stuff before. I would love to hear other insites on the whole
issue. (personally the words in S:AI rather conflicted with mine slightly,
so I now have more concerns than before). I find it incredibly interesting,
although in saying that empty guilty feeling is flaring up for the
realization that there are more things I want to talk about especially in
Seymour: An Introduction, but there is only time to do it one issue at a
time.
Thank you for bearing this rather long rant,
Catherine
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