The relationship between Seymour and Sybil is not sexual. Seymour has a mental disorder but not that kind that he wants to abuse a child, he is disorder in a way that he just can’t communicate with adults anymore and that’s the reason he’s with Sybil. She’s pure and innocent and that reminds him of himself. His actions towards Sybil is not sexual, but from respect. As David Ed explains” His kissing Sybil's foot is a gesture of respect, a gesture that she (in her innocence) cannot understand.” He’s not looking at her as a sex object, but as a goddess. She’s pure and she doesn’t even know it and that’s what makes Seymour to respect her.
Sybil is innocent, but still she’s much smarter than kids her age. When Seymour tells her about Bananafish, at first she’s not able to see them, but then she reaches the level of understanding that she claimed that she saw them.
” Her innocence acts as a tonic for the troubled Seymour and her ‘sighting’ of the imaginary bananafish confirms, for Seymour, the degree to which the adults around him are unable to ‘see more’ of the world's innocence. Seymour's kissing of Sybil's foot is a gesture of obeisance and a recognition of those qualities in Sybil not found in characters like Muriel, Muriel's mother, and the woman he meets in the elevator”(ED).
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Sergeant X and Esme both lost their innocent during the war. In one hand Esme as a young girl saw a lot of squalor during the war that made her to change and act more like an adult than a little girl. Unless other girls her age that are interest on children books and fairy tales she asks Sergeant X to write something not too prolific and childish. “I prefer stories about squalor.” ‘About what?’ I said, leaning forward. ‘Squalor. I’m extremely interested in squalor’ ” (Salinger). Esme as a child has an interest for squalor that even Sergeant X could not understand it and wants to ask
Sybil is innocent, but still she’s much smarter than kids her age. When Seymour tells her about Bananafish, at first she’s not able to see them, but then she reaches the level of understanding that she claimed that she saw them.
” Her innocence acts as a tonic for the troubled Seymour and her ‘sighting’ of the imaginary bananafish confirms, for Seymour, the degree to which the adults around him are unable to ‘see more’ of the world's innocence. Seymour's kissing of Sybil's foot is a gesture of obeisance and a recognition of those qualities in Sybil not found in characters like Muriel, Muriel's mother, and the woman he meets in the elevator”(ED).
She can see more than …show more content…
Sergeant X and Esme both lost their innocent during the war. In one hand Esme as a young girl saw a lot of squalor during the war that made her to change and act more like an adult than a little girl. Unless other girls her age that are interest on children books and fairy tales she asks Sergeant X to write something not too prolific and childish. “I prefer stories about squalor.” ‘About what?’ I said, leaning forward. ‘Squalor. I’m extremely interested in squalor’ ” (Salinger). Esme as a child has an interest for squalor that even Sergeant X could not understand it and wants to ask