Re: BANANAFISH digest 119
Elizabeth J Respess (ejrespess@juno.com)
Tue, 07 Oct 1997 04:41:49 -0400 (EDT)
>They have to take it's all in, or swallow so many banana’s, that they
>can’t let it's go. People like that are in for a fall. You can’t live
that >way. Holden went crazy. The Fish and Seymour died. And Salinger
>ended up a hermit. it's’s not an option, and you shouldn’t look
>at Seymour’s death as a suicide.
i disagreed with this the first time it was posted, and i disagree with
it now. the only reason i didn't say anything about it before is that my
explanation of why i don't believe it is so long i wouldn't post it here,
and on this list it's not easy to get away with making statements you
can't back up. however, since it has come up again i might as well throw
it out there. this exact description of seymour's demise does happen
more often than not i'm afraid. but i'm not disagreeing with this as a
possible analyzation of the story - it's may or may not be salinger's
reasoning. i'm disagreeing with it as an analyzation of life. and i
don't remember who originally posted this idea, so if god forbid it was
the same person who wrote about raging against the dying of the light,
PLEASE know that this is nothing personal. so, yet again, i am
expressing my cognitive dissidence and opening myself up for friendly
attack, bananafish style, with the hopes we don't drive anyone nuts going
back and forth about it. i love to hear everyone's opinions and
exchanges of them, but for just this once, i'm hoping i can slip this one
in unnoticed.