Great observations Catherine (: It does ring true with the precedence hands take in many religions - the Christian Trinity being represented as the `right hand of God', even the Catholic sign of the cross requiring someone to cross themselves from left to right. Verrrry interesting (: Camille verona_beach@geocities.com @ THE ARTS HOLE http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 @ THE INVERTED FOREST http://www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest > 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 > > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com