What connections can you make so far between any of the first three stories in Nine Stories?
In all three of the stories there are characters that smoke. Muriel from Bananafish, Eloise who smokes excessively in Uncle Wiggily and Franklin in Before the war. All the characters use this as a coping method or a way out of real life. Also, in all three stories one of the men have or had been in the war. Walt from Uncle Wiggily was Eloise's partner until he passed away in Germany due to a bomb that exploded. Seymour in Bananafish was sent off to fight in WW2 and in Just Before the War, Ginnie's sister's fiancé was in the Army as well. Also, all of these stories take place around the same time so that dates and places are all relevant. Another connection between all three stories is pedophilia. In Bananafish, Seymour and Sybil are in the water and he takes her legs and pushes them down in an awkward way and thrusts her over the wave. Once they are back on dry land, he also grabs her ankle and pulls her closer however, she goes back to the hotel. In Uncle Wiggily, Eloise goes up to see Ramona who is sleeping and grabs her ankle and pulls her over to the middle of the bed for a strange reason. Lastly, in Just Before the War, the young man that visits the apartment, Eric, comments on how good Ginnie looks in her fur coat. (She is a 15 year old girl and he is a 30 year old man).
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