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WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Sat, 17 Jan 1998 11:42:15 -0700 (MST)

I don't think buddy ever lacked "the drive to get close to seymour," at
least not since they were 7 & 5 @ camp hapworth...will

On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Bethany M. Edstrom wrote:

> Yeah, I'll buy that...
> 
> --- You wrote:
> If Seymour hadn't killed himself, would his character have 
> boiled so in Buddy's mind?  With Seymour around to steal
> Buddy's ties and bug him with sound advice about not aiming
> your marble, would Buddy have allowed himself to become so
> obsessed with his brother?  In a way, Seymour's death shattered
> the sort of glass wall between him and Buddy; with Seymour out
> of the picture, perhaps, Buddy eventually found the drive to
> get close to Seymour...and consequently, we have all of Buddy's
> Seymour stories.
> --- end of quoted material ---
>