Re: How to avoid phoniness
Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Wed, 07 Oct 1998 15:38:33 -0400
On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 02:44:52PM -0400, Jake Shafer wrote:
> Is there
> a connection between the war and Salinger? I mean a really strong one,
> something that can't be ignored?
I don't think there's anything at all wrong with thinking critically
about Salinger, as you are doing.
And I think it is impossible (as I may have said here before) to see the
movie "Saving Private Ryan," and not see Salinger's WWII characters in a
new light. You see ("but *absolutely*," as a JDS character might say)
the way in which a man like Sgt. X was formed.
Cheers!
--tim o'connor