Tuesday, September 16, 2014

"See more glass," said Sybil Carpenter, who was staying at the hotel with her mother. "Did you see more glass?" "Pussycat, stop saying that. It's driving Mommy absolutely crazy. Hold sill, please" (page 14). This is a key line in the story because it shows the youthfulness of Sybil. What she means to say is "have you seen Seymour Glass" but since Sybil is so young and innocent she could not pronounce the words correctly and her mother did not know that Sybil was talking about a sexual predator. If the mother had known about what the daughter was really trying to say; She would most likely not have let her go and run free. Since the daughter did say this like a child, it changed the entire story and resulted in Seymour committing suicide.
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  1. asha appelSeptember 17, 2014 at 10:29 AM

    Jacob, Mrs Carpenter does indeed not hear Seymour Glass when Sybil says, "See more glass." But is that because of the way Sybil says it or because of how Mrs. Carpenter hears it? Certainly, this is a mom who would rather be "having a martini with Mrs Hubbel" than spending time with her daughter, so is she actually listening to Sybil? In addition, why is Sybil saying his name? Is it in alarm? She repeats it and immediately goes to see him when she is "set loose." Why? What does she get from Seymour that she might not be getting from her mom?

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