How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Section.Paragraph)
Quote #4
A man walks along the beach and unfortunately gets hit in the head by a cocoanut. His head unfortunately cracks open in two halves. Then his wife comes along the beach singing a song and sees the 2 halves and recognizes them and picks them up. She gets very sad of course and cries heart breakingly. That is exactly where I am tired of poetry. Supposing the lady just picks up the 2 halves and shouts into them very angrily "Stop that!" (4.8)
This is the first hint we get from Teddy that death really doesn't matter all that much, or at least to the protagonist.
Quote #5
It will either happen today or February 14, 1958 when I am sixteen. It is ridiculous to mention even. (4.20)
Do you think there have been enough hints thus far in "Teddy" that we know to what event this entry refers? Or are we left in the dark until Teddy speaks with Nicholson?
Quote #6
Teddy apparently didn't hear him, or wasn't listening. He was looking abstractedly toward, or over, the twin smokestacks up on the Sports Deck. (4.48)
This is the second time that the author makes a point of mentioning these smokestacks. Do you think there's any significance here? Or is Salinger just painting a thorough picture of the surroundings?