Re: those tiny little things that make it all worthwhile.
June Kitzman (ki1634ju@uscolo.edu)
Wed, 16 Sep 1998 09:42:19 -0600 (MDT)
I agree that one cannot ever experience the exact same feelings. I
wondered what generational experience would come out of reading "Catcher"
as well as some of the sort stories. So I have three readers including
myself reading and discussing and this is a very interesting
subject..because we all can relay to the core withing the core but in a
different way ..Salinger is definately more clear with each reading..must
travel the creeks before you can reach the ocean...
On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Matt Kozusko wrote:
> Lauren N Passot wrote:
>
> > I never use the word "empathy" because I believe that one can not ever
> > experience the exact same feelings as another, in the same way because of
> > life experience etc.
>
> Except, of course, when one is reading Salinger, during which period of
> transcendence, one actually merges souls with the author, not only
> accessing his every intention down to the last imaginable topographical
> lump and bump, but sending waves of empathetic bliss rolling over the
> glassy floors of very heaven and jarring even God and his Son on their
> respective thrones to a higher level of ethereal splendour than that at
> which they conduct their ordinary, day-to-day business.
>
> --
> Matt Kozusko mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu
>