One thing I noticed when I was reading Bananafish is that most of the people in it compare to multiple people in TCITR.
To start, here's how Muriel's mom compares to Holden and to Mr.Antolini. She was similar to Holden in the sense that she doubted the wellbeing of being with Seymour and his character, like how Holden doubted most humans and human nature in general. Muriel's compairs to Mr. Antolini because they both give lots of advice, even to the point of distraction at times.
Muriel can compare to Sally Anne. They are both generally good people, but they are both interested in popular stuff. They both also seem to be interested in boys. They are what might, in todays culture, be refered to as "populars" and in the 1920's they might have been refered to as "moderns."
Sybil is the equivalant to Pheobe. They are both the young, trustee, possible naive characters. They are also both very insistant that they get what they want.
That leaves Seymour. He might be the eqivalant of Holden. It seems like they both find human company difficult to deal with. The main difference from that perspective is the way they choose to deal with/ remove humans from their presence. They both also don't seem to mind swearing or changing/ having many girlfriends.
To start, here's how Muriel's mom compares to Holden and to Mr.Antolini. She was similar to Holden in the sense that she doubted the wellbeing of being with Seymour and his character, like how Holden doubted most humans and human nature in general. Muriel's compairs to Mr. Antolini because they both give lots of advice, even to the point of distraction at times.
Muriel can compare to Sally Anne. They are both generally good people, but they are both interested in popular stuff. They both also seem to be interested in boys. They are what might, in todays culture, be refered to as "populars" and in the 1920's they might have been refered to as "moderns."
Sybil is the equivalant to Pheobe. They are both the young, trustee, possible naive characters. They are also both very insistant that they get what they want.
That leaves Seymour. He might be the eqivalant of Holden. It seems like they both find human company difficult to deal with. The main difference from that perspective is the way they choose to deal with/ remove humans from their presence. They both also don't seem to mind swearing or changing/ having many girlfriends.
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