Dr. Sivetski is a psychiatrist whom Muriel’s father consults about Seymour’s increasingly strange and unsettling behaviors after coming home from World War II. The doctor declares that the army shouldn’t have released Seymour from the hospital, and that Seymour is bound to lose control of himself soon. Muriel’s mother relays this information to Muriel, believing her daughter to be in danger, but Muriel is flippant and unconcerned.
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“[…] he said it was a perfect crime the Army released him from the hospital—my word of honor. He very definitely told your father there’s a chance—a very great chance, he said—that Seymour may completely lose control of himself. My word of honor.”
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Dr. Sivetski Quotes in A Perfect Day for Bananafish
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“[…] he said it was a perfect crime the Army released him from the hospital—my word of honor. He very definitely told your father there’s a chance—a very great chance, he said—that Seymour may completely lose control of himself. My word of honor.”
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