In Laughing Man, Salinger portrays the young boy and narrator as a happy go lucky child playing sports, enjoying the company of his friends and most of all getting lost in the fantastical story telling of his bus driver. Although Laughing Man had deformities and evil enemies, the boy could block out those parts of the story because Laughing Man would prevail. When Laughing Man was killed, part of the boy’s childhood was taken away, too. Stories come to an end and innocence to comes to an end.

Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut is an interesting story with the main character, Eloise living a very unhappy life. Eloise’s past was in her eyes a blissful one. Walt was the man she truly loved. Walt made her laugh. Eloise felt childish and carefree with Walt. When he was killed, Eloise never regained her happiness. She married Lew and had her daughter R

Down at the Dinghy is a story of adult cruelty and children’s innocence. Boo Boo Tannenbaum, a relative of Seymour Glass, was a woman of means. She had maids that cared for her home. Although she seemed somewhat over indulgent to her son, Lionel, she enjoyed his antics. When she discovered he was in the dinghy and planning a voyage to run away again, Boo Boo made light about it. Joking and kidding with Lionel, Boo Boo watched as Lionel threw a pair of goggles into the lake. She commented that the goggles once belonged to Uncle Seymour. Seymour Glass, the main character in A Perfect Day for Bananafish. Lionel, upset, confessed that the maid called his father a big sloppy Kike. Even though he didn’t know what it meant, he knew it was mean. This child ended up feeling the hurt and losing a part of his childhood.

Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes is a story about Arthur, Lee and Joanie, love triangle, I believe. Arthur called Lee looking for his wife Joanie. The young girl with Lee is Joanie. Arthur goes on and on about his mistrust of Joanie and Lee tries to convince him otherwise. What becomes interesting is that the more Arthur complains, he convinces himself to give up and end the call. Shortly, he calls back and says that Joanie just came in, which was impossible because she was still at Lee’s house. Arthur either knew Joanie was there or he wanted to save face with Lee, so he wouldn’t look like such a failure as an adult.

Ginnie Mannox, the main character in Just Before the War with the Eskimos, seemed to be a mature girl. Meeting up with her tennis friend’s brother, Franklin, she managed to make conversation. He was much more immature than she, which put them on a level playing field. Though it did seem that the more obnoxious he was the more interested she became in him. Franklin was a crabby type. One could see that he was dissatisfied with his life and was fighting becoming an adult. Although his father wanted him to attend school or work, he did neither. I saw Ginnie feeling that she could help him and nurture him to adulthood. I think this made her feel important. She worked her way i

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