Dec 25, 2009

Shoeless Joe | Characters

Shoeless Joe has two protagonists, Ray Kinsella and J. D. Salinger, both of whom are devotees of baseball. Ray quits his lucrative insurance business and buys a small Iowa farm from Eddie Scissons who lies about being the "oldest living Chicago cub." Ray loves the natural beauty of his farm, or as he says, "Once you've been touched by the land, the wind never blows so cold again, because your love files the edges off it." Ray's being "touched by the land" is evident when he refuses to sell his debt-ridden farm to Martin, his brother-in-law, who needs the farm to complete a...