Seymour's death
Paul Janse (PJanse@compuserve.com)
Wed, 18 Nov 1998 04:22:11 -0500
The discussion about the suicide is interesting. But are all of you
convinced that someone had to die at all? I am not, except for the fact
that Salinger needed the saint for other stories. An unexpected ending ca=
n
in hindsight determine a complete story (some Roald Dahl stories work lik=
e
this); after reading it, you say: of course, it *had* to be like that! Bu=
t
I do not think this is the case here. I still would like to maintain that=
Seymour also might have started to cut his fingernails in the last
paragraph. Or is the death of the bananafish a decisive clue that someone=
had to go in the end?
Another thing: some list members do not sign their posts. I find this
rather annoying. I like to more or less know with whom I am talking.
Paul Janse