the location of religion

Brian Flanigan (flanigan@magibox.net)
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 20:17:00 +0000 

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Hi.  I'm new.  One of the most interesting things to me in Salinger's 
writings is the old letter from Buddy that Zooey reads in the bathtub 
while Bessie lurks at the door.  I liked the part where he says 
something like: if you want to be an actor then act!  And this reminds 
me of Seymour telling Zooey to shine his shoes before going on the 
radio.  (I hope I have all these names right - I haven't read the book 
in many years.)  I think a message somewhat implicit in these is that 
our duty is to perform (bad word) - our duty is to engage the world('s 
people); to choose our goals, our activities, and go out to do them with 
our whole selves and to try to do our best.  Among so many various 
religious references, when Salinger's characters (Seymour, Buddy, Zooey) 
talk about religion on this earth in this life, they fairly often 
recommend: pick a thing and do it as if you had god in you.  (So to 
speak....  Excuse my rephrasing.)
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And when Zooey looks out the window, when he's in the living room 
talking to Franny, and sees the little girl playing with her puppy.  Or 
when Teddy says that, as he watched his little sister drinking milk, he 
saw god pouring god into god.  Or something like that.  (Sorry, another 
book I haven't read for years.)
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But the point is that god is right in front of you.
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Just a thought, or two.

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Hi.  I'm new.  One of the = most20 interesting things to me in Salinger's writings is the old letter from Buddy20 that Zooey reads in the bathtub while Bessie lurks at the door.  I liked20 the part where he says something like: if you want to be an actor then20 act!  And this reminds me of Seymour telling Zooey to shine his shoes20 before going on the radio.  (I hope I have all these names right - I20 haven't read the book in many years.)  I think a message somewhat implicit20 in these is that our duty is to perform (bad word) - our duty is to engage the20 world('s people); to choose our goals, our activities, and go out to do them20 with our whole selves and to try to do our best.  Among so many various20 religious references, when Salinger's characters (Seymour, Buddy, Zooey) talk20 about religion on this earth in this life, they fairly often recommend: pick a20 thing and do it as if you had god in you.  (So to speak....  Excuse my20 rephrasing.)
 
And when Zooey looks out the window, = when he's20 in the living room talking to Franny, and sees the little girl playing with her20 puppy.  Or when Teddy says that, as he watched his little sister drinking20 milk, he saw god pouring god into god.  Or something like that. 20 (Sorry, another book I haven't read for years.)
 
But the point is that god is right = in front of20 you.
 
Just a thought, or=20 two.
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