In a message dated 11/9/99 6:05:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, Mere1432@aol.com writes: << I have a question....How can i write a paper about Teddy relating to Seymore and Bananafish in general? Meredith >> Generally establish as your thesis that Teddy's angst was the product of Muriel's pregnancy -- which was largely assumed to have been the product of her liasons with Seymour, but in fact she conceived as the result of a tryst with a very young Zooey...which explains, of course, Zooey's hostility in F and Z. Jim