Bananafish

This was a slightly difficult piece to follow.    This girl, Muriel and her husband, Seymour took a vacation upon his return from a war.  From the way her mother talks, it seems Seymour is having some mental problems.  Muriel seems to be not as worried as her mother is, but she probably should be.  Connecting with Muriel made me feel less concerned too; parents seem to always overreact so I felt Seymour's problem probably wasn't as bad as Mother was making it.   Sybil Carpenter is a young girl because she gets jealous that Sharon Lipschutz sits at the piano with him.  So Sybil gets jealous and tells him to push her off next time, she has a crush on Mr. Seymore, and she makes up a saying about him " See More Glass"It's like when I was little, I had crushes on my brothers friends and they were always so nice to me and I didn't want to leave their sides even though my brother would get annoyed with me.  During the beach scene, I can really see the magnitude of Seymours mental state.  He connects with this child very well, and acts like a child himself.  The conversation gets very scattered like children's often do; Little black Sambo, to liking wax & olives, back to Sharon, then to Bananfish.   What is with the feet?  He kissed the girls foot, then freaked out on the woman for looking at his feet?  After he snaps at the lady, he arrives in his room.  He gets the gun, and shoots himself.   WOW.  Again with the sudden twist!  Just like in " A Good Man Is Hard To Find"  I wasn't expecting him to just kill himself. 

this picture is more humorous than this story :(