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Sharon Lipschutz is a three-year-old girl who’s staying at the resort. Sybil is jealous that Seymour gives Sharon attention, accusing him of letting her sit on the piano bench with him while he was playing piano. Seymour says that he couldn’t have just pushed her off, and he assures Sybil that he was just pretending that Sharon was Sybil. The way Seymour frames this conversation makes it seem like he cheated on Sybil with Sharon—even though the girls are essentially toddlers—which is one of many instances in which he makes an innocent interaction or conversation inappropriately sexual.
Sharon Lipschutz Quotes in A Perfect Day for Bananafish
The A Perfect Day for Bananafish quotes below are all either spoken by Sharon Lipschutz or refer to Sharon Lipschutz. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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A Perfect Day for Bananafish Quotes
“Sharon Lipschutz said you let her sit on the piano seat with you,” Sybil said.
“Sharon Lipschutz said that?”
Sybil nodded vigorously.
[…] “Well,” he said, “you know how those things happen, Sybil. I was sitting there, playing. And you were nowhere in sight. And Shorn Lipschutz came over and sat down next to me. I couldn’t push her off, could I?”
“Yes.”
“Oh, no. No. I couldn’t do that […] I’ll tell you what I did do, though.”
“What?”
“I pretended she was you.”
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“Where do you live, anyway?”
“I don’t know, said Sybil.”
“Sure you know. You must know. Sharon Lipschutz knows where she lives and she’s only three and a half.”
Sybil stopped walking and yanked her hand away from him. She picked up an ordinary beach shell and looked at it with elaborate interest. She threw it down. “Whirly Wood, Connecticut,” she said […].
“Whirly Wood, Connecticut,” said the young man. “Is that anywhere near Whirly Wood, Connecticut, by any chance?”
Sybil looked at him. “That’s where I live,” she said impatiently. “I live in Whirly Wood, Connecticut.” […]
“You have no idea how clear that makes everything,” the young man said.
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Sharon Lipschutz Character Timeline in A Perfect Day for Bananafish
The timeline below shows where the character Sharon Lipschutz appears in A Perfect Day for Bananafish. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
...ankles, Seymour asks Sybil to tell him about herself. Instead, she accuses him of letting Sharon Lipschutz sit on the piano bench with him. Gravely, Seymour explains that Sharon simply climbed up...
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...where she lives, she claims to not know, but he smugly informs her that “ Sharon Lipschutz knows where she lives and she’s only three and a half.” Sybil rips her hand...
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...olives (he claims to “never go anyplace without ‘em”), Sybil then asks if he likes Sharon Lipschutz . Seymour admits that he does, explaining that what he likes most about her is...
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