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Boo Boo finds Lionel in a dinghy preparing to cast off, and refuses to allow his mother to join him. Boo Boo pretends to be admiral of the imaginary ship in order to win Lionel over and discover why he is trying to run away.
Down at the lake, Boo Boo finds Lionel in a dinghy about to cast off into the water. He refuses to allow her to board his boat, so she tells him she’s an admiral in order to try to persuade him to change his mind. But he doesn’t believe her and refuses to tell her why he’s running away.
Down at the Dinghy (English) It was a little after four o'clock on an Indian Summer afternoon. Some fifteen or twenty times since noon, Sandra, the maid, had come away from the lake-front window in the kitchen with her mouth set tight.
In Down at the Dinghy by J.D. Salinger we have the theme of acceptance, innocence, sensitivity, escape, connection and racism (or anti-Semitism). Taken from his Nine Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and from the beginning of the story it becomes clear to the reader that Salinger is exploring ...
Down at the Dinghy; Status: Published: Original Publication Date: April 1, 1949: Salinger.org Rating: 2.8: Characters. Seymour Glass; Boo Boo Glass; Sources. Harper’s CXCVIII (April 1, 1949) 87-91; Nine Stories Post navigation. Previous Post Previous The Laughing Man. Next Post Next For Esmé – With Love and Squalor.
In J.D. Salinger’s short story “Down at the Dinghy,” the dinghy serves as a powerful symbol throughout the narrative. The dinghy, a small boat used for short trips, represents the escape from the suffocating reality of the characters’ lives.
“Down at the Dinghy” Sandra and Mrs. Snell , two maids in the lake-side house of Boo Boo Tannenbaum (originally Boo Boo Glass), are conversing in the kitchen. Sandra has apparently said something in the presence of Mrs. Tannenbaum’s young son which she should not have.
