In one work, Mrs. Fedder’s conclusion that this character is a “latent homosexual and a schizoid personality” gives the narrator the urge to jump out of a taxi cab. A conversation in another story relates Dr. Sivestski’s belief that this character’s release from a hospital was a “perfect crime.” In a novella, a message ordering this character to “be happy happy happy” is written in soap on a mirror after a phrase from a (*) Sappho poem. After saying that the Gettysburg Address is “bad for children,” this character is kicked off the radio show It’s a Wise Child. This character shoots himself in a hotel room next to his wife Muriel after talking with Sybil Carpenter on the beach. For 10 points, name this protagonist of J.D. Salinger’s story “A Perfect Day for Bananafish.” ■END■
ANSWER: Seymour Glass [prompt on Glass] (The first and third lines are from Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters.)
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