Subject: Re: Muriel, the girl for me
From: Otto Sell (o.sell@telda.net)
Date: Wed Oct 11 2000 - 14:30:28 GMT
Scottie
Yes, of course you're right, had the same objections myself. But "before the
war" means before Dec. 7, 1941, and they married in '42. Or is meant: before
Seymour went to war. When did he go? When did Salinger go to war?
Otto
----- Original Message -----
From: Scottie Bowman <rbowman@indigo.ie>
To: <bananafish@roughdraft.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 7:50 PM
Subject: Muriel, the girl for me
>
> And no, Otto, a reading that sees Muriel referring
> to some previous visit to the hotel by her family
> is too tortuous for me. 'We couldn't get the
> ROOM we had before the war....' Surely mother,
> father, Muriel & Freddy (not to mention any other
> sibs we haven't heard of) weren't all packed into
> the one single room?
>
> Scottie B.
>
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