At 21:10 11/18/98 -0500, Jim wrote: >But I agree that we're left baffled, really, by Seymour's suicide. We >really don't have any reason to think it was premeditated at all. Why >did he bring the loaded gun? SHOOT, I don't know :) Deliberately to >kill himself? Or is that just common for a former soldier? Was left >unstable by the war, maybe, and all our other speculations are moot? > >I think your point that we NEED the rest of the canon to understand the >story is the best point of all. And that we need the story to understand >the rest of the canon as well. I think we're left in the same position >as the rest of the Glass family by Seymour's suicide--baffled, and trying >to work it out for the rest of our lives. > >I think that's the point. Amen. A question well settled. (At least, as well as it can be.) I overlooked the possibility of Seymour just being a paranoid soldier bringing a gun out of habit. That works well. A challenge well met by all. Quite entertaining. Now...next topic? :) ________________________________________________________ G.H.G.A.Paterson (804)662-3737 gpaterso@richmond.edu ________________________________________________________