Threads of Innocence, by Eudora Welty
In this article from the New York Times, Eudora Welty seemed to love “Nine Stories” by J.D. Salinger. She finds them to be original, first rate, serious, and beautiful. She says “From the outside, they are often very funny: inside, they are about heartbreak, and convey it; they can do this because they are pure.” (Welty 1). Welty then explains how “Nine Stories” and also “Catcher in the Rye” both deal with innocence and how from there they can make a full range of relationships. She also says that “the whole nine have an enchanting ease about them, a deceptively loose-appearing texture, a freshness and liveliness which might bid fair to disarm the reader.” (Welty 1). Lastly, Welty explains that the greatest message of Salinger’s works is the absence of love. She explains that there is a very touching feeling of love in all of Salinger’s writing. Overall, our group strongly agrees with this article because we find Salinger to be a very amazing writer. We can see in our story “Teddy”, that a lot of the factors Welty talked about are true in this piece of writing. We also agree that we can learn a lot about life and the absence of love from Salinger’s writings.
“Nine Stories,” J.D. Salinger, by Maile Meloy
In this article, a New Yorker, Maile Meloy praised “Nine Stories” by J.D. Salinger. She says “But the only book I’ve read three times (or more) on paper is J. D. Salinger’s Nine Stories. It helped me understand what a story collection was, and should be.” (Meloy 1). She then talks about the different short stories of the book and how they have changed or influenced her life. She says that they made her laugh and that they were all very lovely and charming. Lastly, she talks about how the stories made her remember memories of her childhood. She says “The collection reminds me of those pencil marks on the wall, recording childhood height: a way to measure how we become different people, over time.” (Meloy 1). Overall, our group strongly agrees with this article because we all agree that Salinger has changed our lives in at least one way that helps us better understand life or helps us with situations or problems in our lives.
In this article from the New York Times, Eudora Welty seemed to love “Nine Stories” by J.D. Salinger. She finds them to be original, first rate, serious, and beautiful. She says “From the outside, they are often very funny: inside, they are about heartbreak, and convey it; they can do this because they are pure.” (Welty 1). Welty then explains how “Nine Stories” and also “Catcher in the Rye” both deal with innocence and how from there they can make a full range of relationships. She also says that “the whole nine have an enchanting ease about them, a deceptively loose-appearing texture, a freshness and liveliness which might bid fair to disarm the reader.” (Welty 1). Lastly, Welty explains that the greatest message of Salinger’s works is the absence of love. She explains that there is a very touching feeling of love in all of Salinger’s writing. Overall, our group strongly agrees with this article because we find Salinger to be a very amazing writer. We can see in our story “Teddy”, that a lot of the factors Welty talked about are true in this piece of writing. We also agree that we can learn a lot about life and the absence of love from Salinger’s writings.
“Nine Stories,” J.D. Salinger, by Maile Meloy
In this article, a New Yorker, Maile Meloy praised “Nine Stories” by J.D. Salinger. She says “But the only book I’ve read three times (or more) on paper is J. D. Salinger’s Nine Stories. It helped me understand what a story collection was, and should be.” (Meloy 1). She then talks about the different short stories of the book and how they have changed or influenced her life. She says that they made her laugh and that they were all very lovely and charming. Lastly, she talks about how the stories made her remember memories of her childhood. She says “The collection reminds me of those pencil marks on the wall, recording childhood height: a way to measure how we become different people, over time.” (Meloy 1). Overall, our group strongly agrees with this article because we all agree that Salinger has changed our lives in at least one way that helps us better understand life or helps us with situations or problems in our lives.