[Bananafish] Two of two wrong things in the Glass world

[James Rovira]

Ha...need to allow the characters to be human and get dates/times wrong 
too.

Jim

Michael J ANELLO wrote:
>  From "A Perfect Day For Bananafish":
>  
> It's possible the story is taking place Friday, March 19 since Seymour 
> and Muriel arrived at the hotel Wednesday early.
>  
> On Friday, Muriel tells her mother she tried to call last night (Thurs, 
> Mar 18) and the night before (Wed, Mar 17).
>  
> How can it be Thursday, March 18, Muriel tried to call her mother from 
> the hotel last night *and* the night before, if they had just arrived 
> yesterday morning?
>  
> It's possible that she tried calling her mother from elsewhere on 
> Tuesday, March 16, then they arrived Wed March 17 early and Muriel 
> finally got through from the hotel on Thursday, March 18...
>  
> So, in 1957, Zooey, in 1955, is reading a letter from Buddy written 
> March 18, 1951, the 3rd anniversary of Seymour's death, March 18, 1948.
>  
> Fricken awesome.  Anyways, I'm going with Seymour's real death date as 
> March 18, 1948.  Glad we have THAT covered!
> 
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