Re: From Daumier to Smith/Franny acting

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-----Original Message-----
From: Camille Scaysbrook <verona_beach@hotpop.com>
To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
Date: Friday, September 17, 1999 4:00 AM
Subject: Re: From Daumier to Smith/Franny acting


>
>Jim wrote:
> I just finished the story and now I'm inclined the think the dummy inside
>the window display is the center of meaning for the window scene.  He first
>sees it as the god of a world filled with enameled urinals who rules over
his
> world regardless of how far he develops, and the thought disturbs him to
>no end.  I think this thought is that the banal really rules the world and
>the enlightened individual can never really rise above it.  This isn't too
>far  from the disillusionment most of Salinger's characters seem to have
with
>the world.


Camille:
>So, you're saying that try as he or she might, the true artist can never
>really alter or improve the human condition? Interesting interpretation. I
>guess the story could be seen as a statement on the failure of the
>transcendence of art...<

     Very vaild.  That would explain Smith's enthusiasm about chasing the
American
girl in shorts.                      -jared.

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