Re: picking favourites
akemi deherrera (de9926ak@uscolo.edu)
Thu, 29 Oct 1998 09:51:56 -0700 (MST)
I suppose my vote is a little narrowed since I have not yet read all of
J.D.'s books but when I finish the rest of them I will cast my vote a
second time. Maybe I'll have to make a change. Ya think?
akemi
On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Paul VanDenBerghe wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> Paul
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> >>> 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?
> akemi
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