[Bananafish] Nine stories

[James Rovira]

Transformation to hope?  Where does Pretty Mouth fit in with that?
One of the most cynical short stories I've ever read.  How about
Teddy's death at the end and the painful, blunt stupidity of pretty
much every character but Teddy?

Jim R

On 10/18/06, Kenneth <kenny2 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Wenke's an ass. Of course there's a pliable interconnection between the nine
> stories, they were written by the same author in a relatively short space of
> time. The nine stories show a transformation of philosophy as Salinger moved
> from despondancy to hope.
> Now, forget "Blue Melody." Imagine that Salinger had included "A Girl I
> Knew" in Nine Stories. By any account, chronologically or by publicarion
> date, it would have been the first story in the book and everyone would have
> interpreted "Bananafish" in light of "A Girl I Knew."
> Salinger was correct to leave that story out of the collection. It was
> either "A Girl I Knew" or "Bananafish."