RE: Another question from the naive reader../chickens.

WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Wed, 09 Sep 1998 10:44:48 -0600 (MDT)

I think Ginnie's change of demeanor with Selena may be the result of
meeting Eric and beginning an attraction to him.  When she
"casually" asks Selena what he does, I get the feeling she makes herself
sound casual but is interested (though only god and salinger know why she
would like such a clod--I know, I know, I'm wearing those white socks as I
write and am as much of a clod and more...) in older boys and sees Selena
as a way to meet them.  Accepting the pathetic chicken sandwich and not
throwing it away may be her way of accepting the necessary phoniness to
dating...will

 On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, PODESTA,Lesley wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> I'm very glad that we're talking about Ginnie and Selena. I've never been
> able to buy tennis balls without thinking of them.
> My comment relates to the symbolism of the famous chicken sandwich. What is
> it about chicken sandwiches and Salinger? They are everywhere in the
> published and unpublished stories (Franny orders one, etc). (Not to mention
> chicken soup.)
> I am mightily tempted to comment on the psycho sexual symbolism of young
> women, white flesh, half eaten and uneaten sandwiches and the reproductive
> roles & capacities of birds and teenagers  but I'll resist. However, I want
> to know what other people think. Was it just that chicken sandwiches were so
> popular in the fifties? Was the chicken sandwich a treat that our fighting
> boys dreamed of? Aaah, the food of JD Salinger. A great new Phd topic.
> Lesley P.
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