Teddy McArdle

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Teddy McArdle is a precocious, spiritually insightful young boy who appears as the central character in J.D. Salinger’s short story “Teddy” from the collection Nine Stories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf child character
fictional character
literary character
ageInStory 10
appearsIn Teddy NERFINISHED
appearsInCollection Nine Stories NERFINISHED
associatedWith Eastern philosophy
Vedanta NERFINISHED
mysticism
reincarnation
centralCharacterOf Teddy NERFINISHED
collectedIn Nine Stories NERFINISHED
comparedTo Salinger’s Glass family children in terms of spirituality
creator J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED
describedAs philosophically inclined
precocious
spiritually insightful
engagesIn philosophical conversation with Bob Nicholson
familyName McArdle NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1953
firstPublishedIn The New Yorker NERFINISHED
givenName Teddy NERFINISHED
hasBelief impermanence of the physical world
importance of spiritual enlightenment
possibility of past lives
hasDialogueAbout God NERFINISHED
consciousness
ego
suffering
hasParent Mr. McArdle NERFINISHED
Mrs. McArdle NERFINISHED
hasSibling Booper McArdle NERFINISHED
influences interpretations of Salinger’s religious themes
languageOfWork English
medium short story
narrativePerspective third-person limited
nationalityInStory American
roleInWork protagonist
settingOfMajorScenes ocean liner
storyAmbiguity fate left unresolved at the end of the story
themeInvolvement childhood and innocence
conflict between materialism and spirituality
death and mortality
spiritual awakening

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Nine Stories hasCharacter Teddy McArdle