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

Lauren N Passot (madbravo@juno.com)
Wed, 09 Sep 1998 19:41:58 -0500

On Wed, 09 Sep 1998 10:44:48 -0600 (MDT) WILL HOCHMAN
<hochman@uscolo.edu> writes:
>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 published and unpublished stories (Franny orders one, etc).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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Eric?

When I read "Nine Stories" I definitely thought that Ginnie was
interested in Franklin. In reply to saying that Franklin was a "clod" we
aren't Ginnie. He may be considered a "bad boy" in her family's terms,
which would soften the blow of Ginnie's interest.

Best,
Lauren

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