Re: Jumping in
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@hotpop.com)
Wed, 27 Oct 1999 20:36:39 +1000
Jon wrote:
> Are Salinger's characters always "fish out of water" ? What do we
> Bananafishers think? Seymour was contemplating taking the plunge, Teddy
> watched the orange peel on the seas and someone screamed over the empty
> pool, Boo Boo and Lionel stays afloat in the dinghy but that key-ring of
> Seymour's sunk. But Zooey was in his element in a bathtub, with his knees
> as little islands.
or, when as I said, Seymour had the startling revelation about Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle and Goethe, he claimed `I have rarely had a more revealing
incident in any body of water. I daresay I shall never get any closer to
drowning in sheer gratitude for a passing portion of truth!'
Hmm, maybe not yet, Seymour (Discuss (: )
Camille
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