I’ve been rereading Salinger and Hemingway(specifically For Whom The Bell Tolls and Sun Also Rises). I don’t know why, but something about the way they write, I identify with in such a way reading them is almost as comforting as being wrapped in a warm blanket. Raise High The Roofbeam Carpenters is such a ridiculously amazing piece of writing. Thanks for this.
Welcome to the bathtub, Rustin! I love Salinger too, and loved him especially when I was young and didn't know literature could be funny and emotional. Hemingway can hit the spot in the right bathtub too! Stay safe! s
I think the whole book gets to the climax right at the end with teddy. But what do I know, I'm not even an English native speaker, nor a professor, just a teenager. Maybe I'm missing something, or maybe that's the magic of literature and understanding a good story. Anyway, I always thought that Seymour (the absent sibling, but inherent in all the atmosphere, of the Glass family) and Teddy are two coins on different time lines or lives. And you discredit Buddhism and rencarnation, but it's just another philosophy among many, and Salinger seemed to be quite fond of it. But I always try not to talk in the words of the author, I never got to know him or talk with him. So, what do I know. Pretentiousness. I'm glad I didn't watch this video before reading the story, you could have had convinced me!
Welcome to the bathtub, Velma, where we won't try to convince you of anything. So long as you enjoyed your bath time with a good book, what more could we ask? Stay safe with great books! Scott
Absolutely brilliantly stated. Salinger’s brilliance is often evasive of description. You do such an amazing job of conveying his sharp dialogue buried within these simple, but enormously dense tales
I read Catcher in my teens, didn't like it (ie get it). I read 9 Stories in my thirties, and thought it was some of the best writing i've ever encountered. Recently read Franny and Zooey. It did a few things to me, one being to make me wonder why i'm bothering to try and write.
Yeah I know how you feel. On the other hand, Nine Stories is like a master-class in how to do everything RIGHT and it's hard not to become a better fiction writer just by reading them a couple times. Stay safe in the bathtub! S
@@Scottmbradfield agreed, and ditto. Franny and Zooey would be an excellent bathtub book; large part of it takes place with a character in the tub, starting with him reading. I've just come across your channel and I can't say how refreshing it is to see a book review channel that actually reviews books, instead of dozens of videos about your week, and #tag, etc etc etc so thanks again.
The context of Catcher is easy to miss if you’re not aware. Salinger wrote that book while he was fighting in WWII. The only picture of him writing it is in the field in uniform. He kept it in his breast pocket, and initially was very skeptical about publishing it. Hemingway convinced him. That’s a vouch and a half right there. Ps - if you haven’t read Raise High The Roofbeams Carpenters, check it out. Every few years I check to see if the finished novels he wrote sitting in a safe in New England are getting released, every few years they push the date back.
@@RustinChole The dates of Salinger's other novels keep getting pushed back because, IMO, nothing will EVER be published, lol. That's Salinger's last and perhaps most skillful way of maintaining his privacy, even from the grave. Too bad.
Hi , just found your channel today - because a booktuber, Jack the Bibliophile recommended you. I'm so glad. Yes Teddy is indeed the odd one out in this collection of otherwise great stories. Salinger's dialogues with children are superb.
I always thought the main protagonists in stories one and nine, were the same person. This led me to believe that they were deliberate bookends to the collection within.
Welcome, James. Do you mean Seymour in "Perfect Day" and Teddy in "Teddy"? The stories might well work for you as "bookends"-they both end in suicides, I think-but I don't think the protagonists are the same persons... I'm often wrong! Stay safe. Scott
Great vid, but I've gotta disagree with you about Teddy. Easily my favorite story. That being said, I happen to be fascinated by Asian philosophy, so perhaps I'm just biased.
Just viewing this for the 1st time! PreDodo & me 😁. This would be a good one to read again! Thanks. I think I’ve got that paperback downstairs, need to look… 🛁!!!
Seeing *around* the characters and not being given information we don't *need* to know are both unknown and often acknowledged desires for the reader. When done so supremely well we're allowed to be surprised by the joy of something written without the writer foremost in mind.
I just finished this book today and after my girlfriend raved about “teddy” I was glad to see you as annoyed with it as I. I enjoyed the analysis but wish you’d have stopped on “ For Esmé-with love and squalor” which I found to be the most interesting story and enjoyed the interaction with the Esmé’s family
You know Salinger was hospitalized in the Army with PTSD after the war ended? He saw combat across Europe, and because of his language skills he was assigned to a concentration camp as an interpreter
If you enjoy these videos, you might also enjoy the hot Bob Johnson action made available every day on the only Facebook-published novel with too many beginnings, middles and ends to keep on a scorecard. That's right - it's "3 Paragraphs in the Life of Bob Johnson". Check it out at: facebook.com/scottbradfieldalways/?modal=admin_todo_tour
I’ve been rereading Salinger and Hemingway(specifically For Whom The Bell Tolls and Sun Also Rises). I don’t know why, but something about the way they write, I identify with in such a way reading them is almost as comforting as being wrapped in a warm blanket.
Raise High The Roofbeam Carpenters is such a ridiculously amazing piece of writing. Thanks for this.
Welcome to the bathtub, Rustin! I love Salinger too, and loved him especially when I was young and didn't know literature could be funny and emotional. Hemingway can hit the spot in the right bathtub too! Stay safe! s
I think the whole book gets to the climax right at the end with teddy. But what do I know, I'm not even an English native speaker, nor a professor, just a teenager. Maybe I'm missing something, or maybe that's the magic of literature and understanding a good story. Anyway, I always thought that Seymour (the absent sibling, but inherent in all the atmosphere, of the Glass family) and Teddy are two coins on different time lines or lives. And you discredit Buddhism and rencarnation, but it's just another philosophy among many, and Salinger seemed to be quite fond of it. But I always try not to talk in the words of the author, I never got to know him or talk with him. So, what do I know. Pretentiousness. I'm glad I didn't watch this video before reading the story, you could have had convinced me!
Welcome to the bathtub, Velma, where we won't try to convince you of anything. So long as you enjoyed your bath time with a good book, what more could we ask? Stay safe with great books! Scott
Absolutely brilliantly stated. Salinger’s brilliance is often evasive of description. You do such an amazing job of conveying his sharp dialogue buried within these simple, but enormously dense tales
Thanks for your kind words and the benefit of your loofah, Andy. And welcome to the bathtub! s
I read Catcher in my teens, didn't like it (ie get it).
I read 9 Stories in my thirties, and thought it was some of the best writing i've ever encountered.
Recently read Franny and Zooey. It did a few things to me, one being to make me wonder why i'm bothering to try and write.
Yeah I know how you feel. On the other hand, Nine Stories is like a master-class in how to do everything RIGHT and it's hard not to become a better fiction writer just by reading them a couple times. Stay safe in the bathtub! S
@@Scottmbradfield agreed, and ditto. Franny and Zooey would be an excellent bathtub book; large part of it takes place with a character in the tub, starting with him reading.
I've just come across your channel and I can't say how refreshing it is to see a book review channel that actually reviews books, instead of dozens of videos about your week, and #tag, etc etc etc so thanks again.
@@Merrick Any time, Merrick, it's always great have someone else in the bathtub doing what they should be doing-NOTHING! S
The context of Catcher is easy to miss if you’re not aware. Salinger wrote that book while he was fighting in WWII. The only picture of him writing it is in the field in uniform. He kept it in his breast pocket, and initially was very skeptical about publishing it.
Hemingway convinced him.
That’s a vouch and a half right there.
Ps - if you haven’t read Raise High The Roofbeams Carpenters, check it out. Every few years I check to see if the finished novels he wrote sitting in a safe in New England are getting released, every few years they push the date back.
@@RustinChole The dates of Salinger's other novels keep getting pushed back because, IMO, nothing will EVER be published, lol. That's Salinger's last and perhaps most skillful way of maintaining his privacy, even from the grave. Too bad.
Hi , just found your channel today - because a booktuber, Jack the Bibliophile recommended you. I'm so glad. Yes Teddy is indeed the odd one out in this collection of otherwise great stories. Salinger's dialogues with children are superb.
Welcome to the bathtub! Tell Jack the Bibliophile thanks for the recc. More soon.
interesting analysis, thanks for sharing.
I like teddy. It's engaging and has good parts. Teddy is thoughtful.
poorvi ammanagi it was the sort of story Salinger wanted to spend his life writing so I am sure he would have been glad to hear it! Keep reading!
I always thought the main protagonists in stories one and nine, were the same person. This led me to believe that they were deliberate bookends to the collection within.
Welcome, James. Do you mean Seymour in "Perfect Day" and Teddy in "Teddy"? The stories might well work for you as "bookends"-they both end in suicides, I think-but I don't think the protagonists are the same persons... I'm often wrong! Stay safe. Scott
Not the same person, but I thought they were both members of the Glass family for some reason.
I could be wrong.
Great vid, but I've gotta disagree with you about Teddy. Easily my favorite story. That being said, I happen to be fascinated by Asian philosophy, so perhaps I'm just biased.
It's your bathtub! Where bias is fine! Keep reading good writers!
Just viewing this for the 1st time! PreDodo & me 😁. This would be a good one to read again! Thanks. I think I’ve got that paperback downstairs, need to look… 🛁!!!
Way back when before you and Dodo were a gleam in the old master-bather's eye...
@@Scottmbradfield 📚 & 😂 in the 🛁! With choice of 🍸🍷or pure spring water!
Seeing *around* the characters and not being given information we don't *need* to know are both unknown and often acknowledged desires for the reader.
When done so supremely well we're allowed to be surprised by the joy of something written without the writer foremost in mind.
I even like the end, let's you think
Well right away you've missed the entire crux of the whole story via the opening few sentences of Banana .
I just finished this book today and after my girlfriend raved about “teddy” I was glad to see you as annoyed with it as I. I enjoyed the analysis but wish you’d have stopped on “ For Esmé-with love and squalor” which I found to be the most interesting story and enjoyed the interaction with the Esmé’s family
Yeah I like that one a lot, too. There just isn’t a big enough bathtub to talk about all the great stories and books out there! Stay safe. Scott
You know Salinger was hospitalized in the Army with PTSD after the war ended? He saw combat across Europe, and because of his language skills he was assigned to a concentration camp as an interpreter
If you enjoy these videos, you might also enjoy the hot Bob Johnson action made available every day on the only Facebook-published novel with too many beginnings, middles and ends to keep on a scorecard. That's right - it's "3 Paragraphs in the Life of Bob Johnson". Check it out at: facebook.com/scottbradfieldalways/?modal=admin_todo_tour
why the last story is annoying?because of the Buddhist preaching？
For me, it was not the Buddhism, but the preaching. It sounded more like an argument than a story. (In my bathtub anyway!)