When I first read this story I was very intersected in it, but also confused. The part that really confused me was when Seymour killed himself. During the reading I wasn't able to pick up on hints or clues of to why he did, but after discussing it in the class, it started to become clear. Like when Muriel is talking to her mom on the phone and she talks about how she wants her to call her if he starts to try anything funny. Other hints were when they talked about the tree, window, granny's plans, and the chair. Other things I was confused about was when he was talking to the lady in the elevator and he asked her why she was looking at his feet. This is what I thought about while reading this story.
My thoughts on why he killed himself was because he was affected from the war. In the beginning of the story it says how he was in war (WWII). He could be suffering from PTSD which is a big result people can have after leaving the war. When Seymore was talking to Sybil about the bananafish, he was actually taking about his life in the war. When he says they can eat about 78 bananas, I thought he was talking about how that many people died. When he says the bananafish get stuck in the hole, I interpreted it as how many people who come out of the war have the memory with them that scare them and make them apprehensive of things. I also thought about it as how some people in war don't make it out alive or at all, if they get caught by the other side of who they're fighting. These are my thoughts on why he killed himself.
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