Thursday, September 18, 2014

In A perfect Day for Bananafish i am going to prove that Muriel is to self absorbed to understand Seymour and make him feel like he is accepted in society. When Seymour told Muriel about this German book he liked that he wanted her to read she immediately rejected the idea of reading it even though Seymour claimed it was by one of the greatest German poets. Muriels excuse for not reading it was that it was in German but she could have gotten the translated version of it. The fact that Muriel refused to read the book made Seymour feel like he was a nobody and misfit. This is why Seymour stayed on the beach in the area not reserved for hotel guest which is against the norm. Seymour felt so alone that he resulted in killing himself and Muriel is the one most to blame.
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  1. UnknownSeptember 18, 2014 at 5:47 PM

    I liked how you included the part about how Muriel could have gotten a translated version of the book, because it really was important to Seymour, since later on when he and Muriel were in the car he asked her about it. I agree with your assertion because in the story Muriel never tried or showed any interest in actually going down to the beach and spending time with her husband even though she waited for him all through the war. Instead Muriel wanted to paint her nails and take a nap while she was on vacation with him.

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