After Re reading banana fish with my goggles on I found an
understood the story from a different perspective. On page 15 Mrs. carpenter
said “Mommy’s going up to the hotel to have a martini with Mrs.Hubbel… Set
loose Sybil”(15). Mrs. carpenter
left Sybil on the beach alone while she went to drink a martini with her
friends. Leaving Sybil on the beach
alone at such a young age is very dangerous. Since her mom was absent in her life a lot Sybil looked for
other people to talk to. She met Seymour
glass at the beach. Like Sybil
they both like to get out of the “lines”.
This line explains that Sybil needs to be noticed in her life so she
looks upon to strangers for help. This
quote lets me explain as the reader that Seymour is Sybil’s “parent” even
though he is much older than hat would be considered normal. Sybil went outside the hotels beach
much like Seymour goes outside the road lines. This represents the breaking of boundaries on a figurative
and physical level.
-Matt Rossi
Interesting comment, Matt. So is Sybil looking for a replacement parent, since her dad is literally absent and her mom is drinking? What does Sybil need from a parent? What is she not getting from her own parents? What does Seymour give her? Why does she keep going back to Seymour?
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