Re: 9 stories-eskimo
akemi deherrera (de9926ak@uscolo.edu)
Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:25:14 -0700 (MST)
Camille,
this really helped clear it up for me. If any interpretation this one
seemed the most clear.
thanks for your input!
akemi
On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Camille Scaysbrook wrote:
>
> > Is eric in anyway like an Easter chick?
>
> I've thought about this a lot, too. Eskimos was for me the most
> unfathomable nine story (? (:) the first time I read it. But ... we've
> talked before about how chicken in Salinger tends to all come back to the
> old Jewish mother serving chicken soup as a healing and nurturing gesture.
> I think maybe the chicken sandwich is a symbol of hope and redemption (just
> like Easter is) but Ginnie just throws it away because somehow there's no
> reason she can consume it; it's already sullied, just like the Easter chick
> was.
>
> My guess is as good as anyone's ...
>
> Camille
> verona_beach@geocities.com
> @ THE ARTS HOLE www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442
> @ THE INVERTED FOREST www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest
>
> > > I just read "Just Before the War with the Eskimos". Does anyone out
> there
> > > understand the last line. "A few years before, it had taken her three
> days
> > > to dispose of the Easter chick she had found dead on the sawdust in the
> > > bottom of her wastebasket." This is my first time reading it and I
> will
> > > read it again before my class with Will but as of now I'm not
> > > understanding it too well. Have any insights?
> > > akemi
> > >
> > >
>