Re: Teddy, reincarnation, vedantic/buddhist angles. . .

Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Mon, 02 Nov 1998 10:59:51 +1100

> I always thought it rather obvious that Teddy is the one pushed in. This
is
> based on two things:
> 1. "It will either happen today or February 14, 1958 when I am sixteen.
It
> is ridiculous to mention even."
> 2. "... my sister might come up and sort of push me in. I could fracture
my
> skull and die instantaneously."
> Or is my reasoning too simplistic?

I think these may be furphies (do you have furphies in America? They're
kind of like red herrings). Salinger's never that obvious - and like I
said, I think it may be a sign of enigma for the sake of enigma. But as
always ... my guess is as good as anybody's

Camille
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