Re: Sleepy
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 18:36:32 -0400 (EDT)
Ah, to me, there's a difference between a shallow, self centered character
and an honest one. I see enough of Franny's faults to think she's honest,
and she has enough going for her for me to be attracted to her -- Zooey too,
for that matter. DeDaumier is all fault and little attraction, to me,
anyways. Holden is less mature than Franny or Zooey, but for some reason I
feel less repulsion to the same faults in him than I do in DeDaumier. I
think Holden is honest and oblivious, while DeDaumier is more dishonest and
oblivious. This could be a matter of our differing life experiences leading
us to interpret the characters differently.
I don't see how identifying some of Salinger's characters as more like
Salinger than others could possibly help us understand the works better. We
Don't Know The Man. Some speculations are more justified than others, and
some seem pretty obvious, but it's all speculation.
Jim