Subject: Re: Seymour
Duluoz59@aol.com
Date: Mon Feb 10 1997 - 18:24:36 GMT
In a message dated 97-02-10 16:54:20 EST, you write:
<< I think the story is about how war destroys a man. It seems
clear to me that Seymour is insane at this point, yet he was a
very intelligent and sane man before the war as we are shown in so
many stories by Buddy. >>
i think that i remember reading somewhere that the bananfish were metaphors
for "yellow fever", and that seymour had contracted malaria in the war.
any thoughts on this?
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