Re: holden caulfield vs therapist
Graham Preston (ac109@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca)
Sat, 12 Jun 1999 21:48:18 -0600 (CST)
Camille,
Like you, I've long since not trusted Buddy as a narrator at all. His
Seymour never seemed to be a real person, who I could relate to. Even in
Bannanafish , Seymour sauters around the beach doing little that seemed to
be the actions of this great person Buddy seems to try to rid himself of,
through his writing. But, the diary section of Raise High had more impact
on me this last time than ever before. It seems that I finally "got it".
This Seymour was real to me, in a way that Hapworth never spoke to me or
any of the other paintings of Seymour we get to form his uneven, bumpy,
and constantly evolving collage of him, we read of. Anyways, so did Buddy
"write" Hapworth, instead of just publish a 40 yr old letter? I think yes.
-end of rant-
Also, months ago Camille posted a statement about black cowboys in
Hollywood westerns (in the US 'culture' debate in the 'aftermath' of
Columbine), I meant to post then, but left it off until now, and I've
just remembered this. Yes, there were little to no people of any colour
in westerns, but the legendary John Ford made a complete black
soldier/cowboy movie called Sgt. Routeledge, and often made a point of
putting a toke black character (usually the loyal aide of the Duke) .
This was more than any other director at the time. Enough of that!
ex-pat aussie Graham
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