[Bananafish] presentations and questions

[The Mad Hatter]

Yes, the "void" is probably exactly that...and it would make sense 
considering the continuous freak-non freak, phony-not phony, wonder 
children-normal children ambivalence..as it would be yet another element 
which would place the Glass family comfortable with no single group, and 
only among themselves.
Thanks!


>From: "Yocum, Daniel R Civ 21 CES/CEOE" <daniel.yocum at Peterson.af.mil>
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>Subject: RE: [Bananafish] presentations and questions
>Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 11:20:42 -0600
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>Everything I have read indicates no observance by Jerome David at all.
>It seems his father was, for the most part, assimilated as well.
>Religiously there did not exist a synagogue in America that would have
>allowed him to become a member since he does not qualify as a Jew.
>Religious Jews reckon membership in the Tribe matrilinealy.   Hew would
>have to convert to be considered a non-gentile in any religious
>community.  Maybe this'void' character is related to the situation or
>the differences in under between Gentiles and Jews.  Gentiles would
>consider him Jewish, Jews would not, a sort of void state or existence.
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>Daniel
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>hello to all...
>- I've read some essays, and it seems that the Jewish element is
>interpreted
>as some sort of "void" character in the novel...I personally believe
>that
>unless you are Potok and a few other similar literary personalities,
>there
>is not explicit need to envelop the "jewness" of the Glass family simply
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>because we are talking upper-west-side-building-with-a-doorman-slang..I
>find
>it would be an unnecesary contour to an already rich landscape. They
>(ah!
>the evil academic "they"!) even hinted that Bloomberg is the only real
>jew!
>To you all brave and bold...do you think the jewish element is relevant?
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