tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post4153921977196967408..comments2024-03-04T11:22:53.502-05:00Comments on Fifty Books Project 2023: Nine Stories by J. D. SalingerFifty Books Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640286429668778869noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-51944091767340780212012-02-15T23:30:42.441-05:002012-02-15T23:30:42.441-05:00I feel like the epiphany is not what you described...I feel like the epiphany is not what you described. I believe that the narrator was attempting to convey to the woman in the display that he was not hostile, but because there was a wall in between them, she was unable to understand and, therefore, the two of them experienced a certain disconnect. The narrator them comes to the conclusion that one man is incapable of communicating to another what his intentions may be. For example, the narrator saw great potential in the nun, yet he was unable to get this across. He requested for her to stray from religious art, and this ended in her being withdrawn from the class. We all have potential, ability, and power that we may not see. Others may try to show this power to us, but we do not see it because of this barrier that exists between each man. Therefore, "everybody is a nun." This is a theme in both this particular short story as well as a few other short stories in Salinger's Nine Stories. (Note the wall joke that the young boy tells in "For Esme..." It is my belief that this also refers to the barrier between man)The Life of the Averagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234499189699600444noreply@blogger.com