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Brendan McKennedy (suburbantourist@hotmail.com)
Sat, 28 Feb 1998 00:00:48 -0800 (PST)
A little late night revelation...I'm sure this has been covered
previously, but I missed it:
Has anyone ever noticed Muriel's last name--Fedder--for its literal
implications? Spelled differently, it's Fetter--a noun meaning a
shackle or restraint...a verb meaning to shackle or physically restrain.
Do you think I'm giving too much thought to this? I think Salinger was
very conscious of his characters' names and their implications, and
considering Seymour's story of the bananafish becoming trapped in the
hole (I think Muriel is a banana, if you will), wouldn't this allusion
to shackles be appropriate?
Any thoughts?
Brendan
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