In Perfect Day for A Bananafish, i am going to prove that Seymour killed himself because he realized that there was no place left for him. I am going to prove this by showing his dislike and misplacement for both inside and outside the lines. After coming home from the war Seymour is soon to realize how his spouse Muriel has no intrest in understanding him. He had sent her a book from Germany which ha badley wanted to read, however it was in German and she didn't read it. Despite her thinking it was just some simple book, to him when she didn't read it, it showed her lack of effort to understand him. When is talking to her mother she says " He said i should've bought a translation or something. Or learn the language if you please." Along with this and him observing the cruelty of society he soon learns that it was no place for him. He becomes very insecure and decides to try and live outside the lines. He then meets Sybil and he comes to care for her very much despite her only being two. Finally after they go in the ocean she runs back to the hotel without regret innocently. After she leave he realizes that he is not okay with their relationship and he has no one. Therefore he goes back into the hotel or society and kills himself.
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I really like your idea of how Seymour killed himself because he had no place to go. This connects to what we talked about in class about the hotel and beach's differences. This connects to the trees and the road lines keeping Seymour from going of the road. do you think that Seymour should have killed himself? or was their other ways to solve his problems? If Sybil was to not go with Seymour into the water would the outcome be different?
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your assertion, Seymour is left the world with nobody for him on either side of the "line". Muriel isn't understanding enough for Seymour to have somebody for him on the inside and on the outside Sybil is simply too young for him. I also completely agree with your assertion because after writing mine I realized how our are very much in common.
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