I loved reading "The Magic Barrel." I also had to read it for English 1102 and write a paper on it. For my paper, I discussed Stella's white dress and red shoes, in opposition of Leo's vision of her in a red dress with white shoes. My interpretation of the story was that Salzman's perception of Stella was either flawed or exaggerated and that because of this, he led Leo to believe that she was an immoral person. In class we discussed whether or not Salzman intentionally set the two up; I still firmly believe he connected the two of them because he wanted his "immoral" daughter to connect with a "religious" man. I think Salzman used reverse psychology on Leo to make him want Stella. In regards to the end, my interpretation now is that Salzman is praying for the redemption of his daughter. Though he believes that Stella is "spiritually dead," I believe that Salzman believes that there is still hope for her to be "saved" or "religious." After talking thinking on this more after class, this is my official reading if this text. I'm probably not going to change my mind again...probably.
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