A Perfect Day...
J J R (jrovira@juno.com)
Sat, 21 Nov 1998 14:15:17 -0500 (EST)
Ok, I've reread A Perfect Day for Bananafish, carefully taking into
consideration everything we've said about it over the last few days, and
have come to the conclusion it doesn't make that much more sense now than
it did before :)
I think Matt's description of Muriel's wealth deserved more credit than I
gave it--not filthy rich, but upper middle class, at least. And I think
Muriel wasn't Totally vacant--she sure understood her mother, at least.
But that just may be a mother/daughter thing going there.
The elevator scene--I think he played with Sybil's feet, and by extension
expected the woman on the elevator to pay attention to his feet--treating
him as he treated the child. He tried to retort by using "adult"
language, but he was being too sincere for the adult woman--that was only
something he could pull off with Sybil.
Jim
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