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She summons up her strength and stands up to Selena for the money (or, rather, the principle of fair exchange) - only to back down shortly thereafter, in a conciliatory gesture. She seems to be usually something of a diminutive presence in relation to Selena.

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With the full name Virginia Maddox, Ginnie is an adolescent girl who demands her friend Selena reimburse her for cab-fare after tennis.

When Jimmy dies in Ramona's imagination, she quickly replaces him with Mickey. Eloise, however, appreciates Ramona's imaginary friend because she remembers once upon a time being naive and innocent - whereas now she is just cold and bitter. Despite her disability, however, she has a vivid imagination and sees her imaginary boyfriend named Jimmy in her mind's eye. Ramona is Eloise's daughter and nearly blind. She stops off at Eloise's house, as Eloise is her friend and former college roommate, and ends up lending a supportive ear as Eloise pours her heart out. Weyinburg and has most of the day off as a result of her boss's sickness. Mary Jane is the secretary to a New York executive named Mr. She tells Mary Jane she remembers being a 'nice girl' once upon a time. Eloise has watched herself decline from a loving, hopeful girl into a cruel and bitter one. Specifically, the phony world involves her loveless marriage which she fends off with a terrible alcohol habit. Eloise, has experienced both the phony world she despises and the beautiful world she appreciates. EloiseДЄn unhappily married suburban housewife who reminisces about her college days and her old love, Walt, who was killed in the war.

Her name 'Sybil,' often is used for characters who possess seer-like qualities, and Sybil here is the character who can see the bananafish - and remind Seymour of the innocence he has lost. Seymour commits suicide in 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish.' Sybil CarpenterДЄ young girl who befriends Seymour Glass on the beach and goes into the water with him. We're not quite sure what provokes being committed to the hospital, but he has allegedly wrecked his father-in-law's car by deliberately driving it into a tree, done something to his grandmother's chair, and alerted his in-laws that he might harm their daughter. He seems to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and has recently completed a stay in the hospital.

Seymour GlassДЄ young man recently returned from combat in World War II. Seymour commits suicide while Muriel is lying asleep in bed beside him. She is quite shallow and is inextricably tied to her family, who wishes her to move back to New York and leave Seymour behind.

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