A Perfect Day for Bananafish Seymour Glass Quotes

"I was sitting there, playing. And you were nowhere in sight. And Sharon Lipschutz came over and sat down next to me. I couldn't push her off, could I?"

"Yes."

"Oh, no. No. I couldn't do that," said the young man. "I'll tell you what I did do, though."

"What?"

"I pretended she was you." (2.30-34)

Seymour's conversation with Sybil alternates between adult flirtation and child-like jokes.