Re: From Daumier to Smith
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Wed, 15 Sep 1999 21:47:45 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 9/15/99 8:55:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
verona_beach@hotpop.com writes:
<< So in a way he is actually
Salinger's *most* self reflexive character - >>
No way, I can't buy this. You're tracing a tendency well enough, but taking
it much further than is actually present in the text. Holden does talk about
himself from the perspective of the reader -- DDS does so far, far less...if
at all. The point is that Holden's solipsism is far less absolute than DDS's
-- he can step outside and look at himself.
Jim