Re: picking favourites

Paul VanDenBerghe (VanDenBergheP@ldschurch.org)
Wed, 28 Oct 1998 13:33:28 -0700

Well, here I am back to work after eating lunch and I've thought about =
casting my vote for Jane Gallager. She is a character who I really like. =
Since we see her as Holden sees her, she comes across so pure and =
unsullied by the world in comparison to all the other women in Catcher =
(except Phoebe of course). Still I must in good conscience retract my vote =
for Jane and cast my real vote.

I vote for Esme; for her terrific singing voice and the way the wings of =
her nostrils give her away when she yawns. And because she represents to =
me the saving redemption found in innocence, purity, and youth.

Paul

>>> akemi deherrera <de9926ak@uscolo.edu> - 10/28/98 12:40 PM >>>
Why do you say Jane is your favorite female character?  I wouldn't pick
her because we really don't have a good grasp on her (only what Holden
describes her as).  I haven't read all of Salinger's books but I've read a
number of his short stories, Catcher, and now 9 stories.  So far I think
my vote would be for Pheobe.  Is that an obvious choice? =20
akemi =20