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http://www.miguelmllop.com/stories/stories/bananafish.pdf

>He glanced at the girl lying asleep on one of the twin beds. Then he went over to one of the pieces of luggage, opened it, and from under a pile of shorts and undershirts he took out an Ortgies calibre 7.65 automatic. He released the magazine, looked at it, then reinserted it. He cocked the piece. Then he went over and sat down on the unoccupied twin bed, looked at the girl, aimed the pistol, and fired a bullet through his right temple.

Why did Seymour Glass shoot himself, /lit/?

>> No.1211174

He had a stomach stapling operation and could no longer eat those delicious bananas he so loved.

>> No.1211177

He suffered from depression, which was not well understood, diagnosed, or treated in his time.

>> No.1211180

The author thought it might make an interesting plot event

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Because only a demonic human can remain unfractured when it's most vital nourishment, innocence and meaningful happiness, is killed by a six year war and then buried for ever by a materialistic and moralistic society.

>> No.1211216

>>1211200

This is what I thought too.

>> No.1211220

There is no 'reason' Seymour Glass killed himself. There is no reason for anything.

>> No.1211224

Seymour Glass did not shoot himself. There was no such person as Seymour Glass. He was a character in a story, written by JD Salinger.

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>>1211220
>>1211220

>> No.1211268

>>1211224
No, that does not follow.

Why can't fictional characters shoot themselves? Seymour Glass did.

>> No.1211299

seymour glass suffered from a mood disorder of some sort, be it clinical depression, bipolar disorder or even schizophrenia. like some poster already said, these things were not understood and treated in the 1940s.