family

Maria_Brandt@vsl.com
Fri, 06 Nov 1998 13:17:46 -0700 

(ObSal: wasn't zooey a bit old to be still living at home in f&z?)

                                         :helena kim

                     helena at netsoc dot tcd dot ie
           'the church is near, but the road is icy.
         the bar is far, but i will walk carefully.'
                                   - russian proverb



That question made me think about something. How do you, as people from the
UK, North America, and Australia, regard the families in Salinger's
stories? I already said that I am from South America (specifically,
Venezuela), but I've been living in Canada for a year now and I can't help
but compare both cultures. In my country families are very close knit and
people leave their parents home only when they are about to get married
(around 24-26 years old). It seems to me that the families portrayed in
Salinger's stories are like that, more like clans.
mc


















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