A perfect day for Bananafish

"Well. In the first place, he said it was a perfect crime the Army released him form the hospital-my word of honor. He very definitely told your father theres' a chance-a very great chance, he said-that Seymour may completely lose control of himself. My word of honor" (Page 6). This is a key line in the story because it allows the reader to understand that Seymour should not have been released from the Army hospital and will eventually loose control. Something happened while he was in the war and ever since he came back he has had "issues". The mother was very sure of herself when saying this because she kept repeating "my word of honor". This helps the reader understand the story because it reveals that something happened in the war while Seymour was there and ever since he experienced it he hasn't been the same. He realized he is alone because his wife, Muriel, doesn't want to learn more about him and Sybil left him "outside the white lines" due to the fact that she was only two years old.