Re: replying to i'm a newbe
J J R (jrovira@juno.com)
Mon, 07 Sep 1998 09:29:54 -0400 (EDT)
Ok, tell ya what, read Franny and Zooey, then Seymour, An Introduction
and tell me then if you still think Seymour was a pedophile :)
Jim
On Sun, 06 Sep 1998 15:10:16 -0400 David Richardson
<dwrichardson@home.com> writes:
>I'm one too. Big time. I'm even a PC-newbe: I tried responding to a
>posting a few days back, but have no idea if i hit the right
>keys to actually post my posting. So let's have strength in #s, and
>neither of us be intimidated. My [posting?] was in response to a wife
>and husband who asked whether they were the only ones whose
>overwhelming
>reaction to Seymour was the same as mine: that Seymour was clearly
>ashamed of wanting to See More of little girls. Inasmuch as you,
>fellow
>newbe, are just discovering Salinger, maybe you'd want to read the
>Bananafish story after which this site was named, and see what you
>think. The only works I've read by JDS are the Bananafish story
>(years
>ago, wondering ever since what the ending meant), and Catcher in the
>Rye
>(years ago, then again last year when my son had to read it for
>school).
>Dave Richardson
>p.s. from you non-newbe's, any suggestions for next readings?
>
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