[Bananafish] central values?

[The Mad Hatter]

anna...to the list I would add, in my opinion, a message of underlining 
hope. His characters may be among the most screwed up in literary 
awkwardeness, but they do come through at the end...if not by their own 
might, then by a cosanguine support..Phoebe, Zooey, and even Seymour to a 
certain extent, through his "martyr", acts as a 20century guardian 
angels...not quite the types you would see in an Anne of Green Gables 
context, but they do want to ultimately survive..
V.


>From: James Rovira <jrovira at drew.edu>
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>Subject: Re: Odp: [Bananafish] Re: Geismar
>Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 07:17:05 -0400
>
>He seems to value sincerity, honesty, people over things or ideas, a 
>religious consciousness that follows a pantheist trajectory, enlightenment 
>that produces an existential change in the individual rather than one 
>consisting primarily of systematic knowledge, tolerance at least, 
>compassion/understanding preferred, extreme giftedness, especially 
>intelligence.
>
>The list isn't so much important as being able to read so that you can 
>identify central values.  Are you asking a homework question?
>
>Seeing the list above, I see many values in common with 19th cent. European 
>Romanticism (I'm most familiar with English Romanticism but know a little 
>bit about German and Danish), so I can see how some would label him a 
>neo-romanticist.
>
>Jim R.
>
>Anna Wyszkowska wrote:
>
>>Hi!!
>>A short and important ( at least for me;)) question- what do you think 
>>about
>>the values that Salinger cheriches in his fiction? What are they? And 
>>what`s
>>more, I once came across an opinion that Salinger is associated with
>>Neo-Romanticism. Do you agree?
>>
>>-Anna
>
>--
>Jim Rovira
>Ph.D. candidate, Drew University
>Lecturer in English, Rollins College
>http://thephilosopersstone.blogspot.com/
>
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