Re: Pilgrim Books
Emily Friedman (bananafish_9@yahoo.com)
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 14:23:34 -0700 (PDT)
>
> I've often wondered why folks who have no interest whatsoever in
> spiritual matters would be interested in these books.( the Glass
stories,
> the rest of you can have that snotty Holden Caufield as far as I'm
> concerned.) I've also wondered if this doesn't have at least
something to
> do with the author's withdrawal. Did he become tired of people
questioning
> the singular religious bent of his stories? Did the clamor for another
> witty, disenfranchised youth, in a red hat contribute to his need to
stop
> sharing what was really closest to his heart with us? Just something
I've
> often wondered, and it occurs to me every time I see posts like this
> questioning the spiritual content of our good friends the Glasses.
>
> Robert Morris
> winboog@gis.net
>
I've been an atheist for a long time, (even when I was not aware that
I was) but I do respect people who have spirituality and I do find
Salinger's religious symbolism, etc... in the Glass stories
interesting. The Glass stories are some of my favorite stories only
because of the characters not the religious aspects. People find their
own meanings in stories, there is not any fixed meanings which
everyone will aquire from reading the story. I love the Glass
characters because their characterization is so great and the stories
are written very well. I am around Franny's age so I really identify
with her character. Now Holden is my favorite Salinger character and
he does portray Salinger and his disenchantment with the world but I
do not see very much differences between Holden and the Glass
children. I think that Holden it Salinger's truest and most realistic
character.
-Liz Friedman
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