Subject: Re: Walt's hand in "Uncle Wiggly" (was Re: Honeymoon?)
From: Eryk Salvaggio (one38@one38.org)
Date: Tue Oct 17 2000 - 19:35:53 GMT
Hi all;
I'm sorry to have elicited such strong reaction from my poor
interpretation of a half remembered story. I had always assumed
that the hand on the stomach was an indication of pregnancy, as
this is what a friend told me who was reading the story at the
same time.
What's interesting is, I never really liked the story, on account
of that interpretation and assuming it was truth. I'll have to go
re-read it again now that its been liberated from slimy academic
pretense.
Maybe you guys can tell me something about another least favorite
story, then: In Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes, the guy is
sleeping
with his friends wife, right?
Thanks,
-s.
citycabn wrote:
>
> Lucy-Ruth wrote:
>
> >More important to me, though, is the way that
> >Eloise's experiences with Walt come across as really innocent and
> >beautiful, things which are totally separated from her life now and
> >indeed all the petty little aspects of her college days
>
> Well said, Lucy-Ruth. I agree that Walt is *not* the father. If she were
> pregnant, it would rob that scene of its *Salingerian* quality. Let's not
> do a variation of "Franny is pregnant" here.
>
> --Bruce
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