>I've not been following this thread, even though it's probably my duty >to do so. By way of atonement then: remember my crackpot theory >about >Salinger wanting readers to think that Seymour is going to shoot >Muriel >just before he shoots himself? If I'm right--and I am--and if readers >don't generally think that Seymour was going to shoot Muriel--and they >don't--then the above point is spectacularly vindicated. > >-- >Jimmy Delicious mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu > heh, ok, but do we have a reason to think Salinger intended that effect? I think Bananafish was the first Glass family story published, so imagine what you'd think if you read that story not knowing anything about Seymour but what was in it? Did Salinger say somewhere he intended that? Jim _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]