Subject: Re: A Half Baked Theory
From: Will Hochman (Hochman@scsu.ctstateu.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 16 2000 - 22:52:27 GMT
Cecillia, Respectfully, I would like to disagree with you. I think
you are basing your theory on Seymour really being self-realized...I
don't think he got that far. He's close and has probably made more
progress than I ever will in the next zillion lives...but he isn't a
mukta, he's not yet the guru, he's only working on it...I read his
stone throwing at Charlotte as a way to illustrate his marble tossing
acumen gone astray...same with his suicide showing his love gone
astray. In other words, I think Salinger was showing his character's
imperfection (perhaps mirroring some of the author's struggles with
his own imprerfect self?) and I guess because of that, I feel Seymour
is more believable. I guess I'm trying to say that because Seymour
is flawed and not self-realized, he's a better, more believable
character. I don't think your theory is half-baked at all, but I
read Seymour differently...with love and respect, Will
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