Re: 9 stories-eskimos
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Sat, 31 Oct 1998 08:54:14 -0700 (MST)
Ah LeeAnn, yes, you may be right to avoid some of the sexy stuff and use
the Salinger text in a deeper human sense...maybe Ginnie's softening to
Selena is based on Franklin and Eric affecting a better sense of compasion
and friendship in Ginnie? However, when Selena emerges from her room in a
dress and tells Ginnie her mom is too sick to be disturbed, Ginnie has
already softened and yet doesn't seem worried about a sick mother...your
use of the word "pitiable" started me thinking about Holden's realization
at the end of chapter 12 about how people are always ruining things and
how Ginnie may be broadening what she can expect from people to maintain
her social interaction...will
On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, LeeAnn Bryska Magner wrote:
> I agree with Lynda's assessment. Salinger gives us a good clue on the first
> pageof the story. Ginnie imagines a dinner at Sally's and everything is
> perfect - except the servant is serving tennis balls instead of food.
> Ginnie usally rides the bus, probably because she isn't as wealthy as
> Sally. Sally insists on the cabs - but Ginnie still has to pay for them.
> Franklin is like the dead easter chick in that he is pitiable. I, like
> akemie, see no love relationship between Ginnie and Franklin. For me the
> change in Ginnie's attitude reflects an awakening to the facts of life -
> not sexually - but the realities of the dry, tasteless, day-old chicken
> sandwich. Life is not perfect for Sally and Franklin, far from it.
> LeeAnn
>