Re: about that "left" buisiness

James J Rovira (jrovira@juno.com)
Tue, 01 Jun 1999 16:20:48 -0400 (EDT) 

That was absolutely, remarkably, interesting :)  if you could find your
paper that'd be cool if you posted it...

Jim

On Fri, 28 May 1999 17:23:34 -0700 (PDT) Catherine Marie
<tangerineness@hotmail.com> writes:
>Franny and Zooey was my first encounter with the Glass family, less 
>hearing 
>A Perfect Day for Banana Fish outloud once in english before was 
>started 
>F+Z, and, being for the moment fixated on left handedness, I noticed 
>that 
>there were extensive uses of the words "left" and "right" throughout 
>the 
>story, where it's not really necessary, so for my final paper I 
>decided to 
>trace that image. The conclusions I came to went something like this: 
>"right" represents what is right within society, and "left" represents 
>
>truth, but (and my copy of Franny and Zooey is for the moment not in 
>my 
>possession, it is SOMEWHERE in this house, but as far as where... (I 
>am also 
>without nine stories, but at least that one i know is on my friends 
>nightstand right now) so, despite this ramble, the point is I don't 
>exactly 
>have any quotes or such) but at the end Franny uses both hands when 
>talking 
>on the phone (with ???) and that shows that to survive one must find 
>the 
>connection between that truth seeking and society... anyways, I am 
>currently 
>reading Seymour: An Introduction, and I stumbled upon the little 
>diverging 
>thought on that "left" buisness, and I was wondering if anyone else 
>had 
>noticed that stuff before. I would love to hear other insites on the 
>whole 
>issue. (personally the words in S:AI rather conflicted with mine 
>slightly, 
>so I now have more concerns than before). I find it incredibly 
>interesting, 
>although in saying that empty guilty feeling is flaring up for the 
>realization that there are more things I want to talk about especially 
>in 
>Seymour: An Introduction, but there is only time to do it one issue at 
>a 
>time.
>                 Thank you for bearing this rather long rant,
>                     Catherine
>
>
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