Fw: neophyte

LeeAnn Bryska Magner (leeann1@amigo.net)
Wed, 02 Sep 1998 07:17:21 -0600

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> From: LeeAnn Bryska Magner <leeann1@amigo.net>
> To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
> Subject: neophyte
> Date: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 7:00 AM
> 
> I am a student of Will Hochman's seminar class on J. D. Salinger and am
> totally uneducated about the subject. I have enjoyed reading several of
Mr.
> Salinger's short stories and look forward to reading all he has written.
> Any information would be helpful that would add both to the enjoyment of
> the reading and the improvement of the educational experience.
> We are reading Salinger's uncollected stories in chronological order of
his
> writing them (with the exception of "Go See Eddie." )  Any suggestions
for
> getting the most out of these readings. Such as what do I look for when I
> read Salinger? 
> So far only one character has me totally puzzled. The lead character in
the
> "long Debut of  Lois Taggett."  She seems so flat compared to the male
> characters that he writes about.
> Thanks,
> 
> LeeAnn