"I'm going to prove that In 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish' Seymour and Sybil both are so similar that they can understand one another on a level that nobody else could. Seymour and Sybil both felt as if they couldn't be themselves in the hotel due to all the restrictions. But when they go to the beach they can be themselves because there are no restrictions like Sybil's parents which make her feel forced to behave. Seymour has never had anyone that understands him fully. That is why he would leave the hotel, he felt trapped in a place he didn't belong. Sybil looks toward Seymour because her mom Mrs carpenter just goes off and drinks martinis with her friends. This results in Sybil feeling as if she has nobody in her life that she is close to. These characters are so similar that they both feel as if they finally understand each other even though Seymour is much older than Sybil. Unfortunately for Sybil Seymour realizes that what he is doing (talking to Sybil) is wrong and he commits suicide in the hotel. He felt as if he had no place in the world to belong.
-Matt Rossi
The English Dork Club: A real-time ongoing conversation for Readers, Writers, Thinkers, and Discussers in English 4
I really like your idea that Sybil and Seymour understand each other, and that Sybil looks to Seymour as a parental figure since both of her parents are mostly absent from her life. I also think it's a really good point that Seymour realizes the type of relationship that he was leading with Sybil was wrong, which ultimately led to Seymour's suicide. If Sybil feel like she can't be herself in the hotel though, then why did she run back to the hotel without any hesitation and leave Seymour alone?
ReplyDeleteMatt i really like your point of how both Sybil and Seymour being so closely related; in having no one in society who really cares for then. However if Seymour regretted talking and flirting with Sybil, did he always want that kind of relationship with her or was he just looking for someone to talk to? Madi i like your question on why does she just leave him like that, but i think that she had no sense of what she was doing and how it would effect Seymour. I belive this because not only is she two years old but she enjoys her time with Seymour and if she really knew what she was doing then she would have stayed.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you told us specifically the reasons why Seymour and Sybil were both on the beach and how you said that neither of them could be themselves when they were at the hotel. I agree with your assertion because there isn't any spot in the story where someone else is making an effort to talk to or be with either one of them. Even Muriel, Seymour's wife didn't try to understand him, when Seymour specifically gave her a the German book that he thought to be very important and meant a lot to him.
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