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Seymour
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Member of the Glass Family
- Highlight of Salinger's collection
- Also present in Seymour: An Introduction
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Married to Muriel
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Second Honeymoon he kills himself
- Rejection by partner's family
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Post traumatic stress disorder
- His story of the Bananafish echoes Humanity
- Obvious implications of insanity
- Caused by involvement in World War 2
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Shoots an Ortgies calibre 7.65 automatic through his right temple.
- German Handgun from World War 2
- Right handed
- Very rare weaponry
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Who waited until the war was over for him
- Madly In Love
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Befriends children
- Attraction to Innocence
- 50s era kindness
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Plays Piano
- Oddly deep and methodical instrument
- Sits multiple people
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Paper
- Guilty
- Insane
- Consumerism
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Teddy
- Eccentric
- Last story in Nine Stories
- Protagonist dies from means beyond his control
- Both involve the sea in some way
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Sergeant X
- Is already dedicated to someone
- Participated in the European Theatre of World War 2
- Moderately crazy/insane after the war