Re: teddy, at ten, is seymour at thirty.

i find teddy very calm, not unbalanced. the seymour
of *bananafish* seems unbalanced. i don't really find
a connection between the two characters if we limit
the comparison to the bananafish seymour. granted, the
2 stories make stunning bookends.

however, the sequence is simply that of publication
date. had the book been published in april 55 instead
of april 53, it would have been titled 'ten stories'
and the finale would have been 'franny'.

kim

--- ANELLO Michael J <Michael.J.Anello@state.or.us>
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> teddy, at ten, is seymour at thirty. teddy's very
> quickly loosing his balance.
> he has lots of spiritual intellect but little
> spiritual compassion. he is
> alienated and it's certainly his time. that's why
> teddy is the last of the
> nine stories. it mirrors bananafish, the first.
> teddy's death explains
> seymour's.
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> thoughts?
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