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Down at the Dinghy" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, originally published in Harper's in April 1949, and included in the compilation, Nine Stories.
‘Down at the Dinghy’: plot summary. One warm October, two servants, Sandra and Mrs Snell, are discussing a four-year-old boy named Lionel, who is the son of the family for whom they work. Sandra is worried that Lionel is going to tell his mother about something he overheard Sandra say: some disparaging anti-Semitic remarks about Lionel’s ...
"My fleet. I'm glad you asked me that," Boo Boo said, and started to lower herself into the dinghy. "Get off!" Lionel ordered, but without giving over to shrillness, and keeping his eyes down. "Nobody can come in." "They can't?" Boo Boo's foot was already touching the bow of the boat. She obediently drew it back up to pier level. "Nobody at all?"
Down at the Dinghy, a short story by J.D. Salinger, was first published in The New Yorker in 1949. Despite being over 70 years old, the story still holds relevance today. The themes of isolation, family dynamics, and the search for identity are universal and timeless.
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Chapter Summary for J.D. Salinger's Nine Stories, down at the dinghy summary. Find a summary of this and each chapter of Nine Stories!
Whereas “Bananafish”, “Uncle Wiggily”, and “Eskimos” (as well as the later “Down at the Dinghy”) all recount discrete episodes that occur within the space of an afternoon or evening, told by an omniscient narrator who enjoys only fleeting glimpses into the inner lives of the characters, “Laughing Man” takes place over ...
