Re: The Inverted Forest
Win Boogie (WinBoogie@aol.com)
Tue, 05 May 1998 14:46:05 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 98-05-05 14:36:30 EDT, you write:
<<
ps in reading RHTRBC today, I felt strongly that the best expalnation for
seymour loving muriel (aside from her stunning resemblance to charlotte
hayhew) may be found on p91 of the bantam edition...the last entry in
Seymour's journal says, "How terrible it is when you say I love you and
the person on the other end shouts back 'What'?" Muriel loves seymour and
that may be enough for one who reads Vedanta texts and understands
marriage is service, and that people don't belong to each other but to
god. >>
I agree with you Will about the service aspect of marriage as it relates
to our lovely newliweds. I've also thought that Muriel represents a last ditch
effort for Seymour to be "normal'. Her "undiscriminating heart" being one of
the things seymour wishes for himself. It always seems to me like this
marriage was Seymour's conscription to America far more than his actual
military service. Thanks. Take Care all.
Robert