In a recent conversation with a girlfriend, we discussed "A Perfect Day for Bananafish." In this discussion, she brought up the fact that she thought that Seymour was a pedophile. She drew this conclusion by the way he handles the little girl: stroking her ankles, etc... His actions, while floating in the ocean, had always struck me as odd, but I never got the impression that he was getting off on it. I am simply raising this question to you guys to get your opinion. So, in your eyes, is Seymour a pedophile? Andrew B.