Nine Worthies

The short stories An Alcoholic Case, A Perfect Day for Bananafish, and A Rose for Emily show that the American Dream is unattainable. The main characters in these stories were unable to overcome challenging obstacles in their lives, which becomes problematic to attaining the American Dream. J.D. Salinger presents the character Seymour Glass, in the short story A Perfect Day for Bananafish, who wants to live his life in innocence and purity but is forced to deal with the reality of being an adult

Strange. Unusual. Bizarre. Words that come to mind when reading “A Perfect Day for Bananafish.” With the title of the short story one may think it will be a happy story maybe about a girl on a beach. Who one day decides to go swimming in the ocean and on that day she discovers a whole new species of talking fish that look like bananas. This talking fish and the talking girl go on an adventure were they see the beauty of the sea. That would be a happy, fun story. Complete different from what really

“The Perfect Day for a Bananafish” by J.D. Salinger depicts the tragic life of a war veteran who suffers from PTSD. His wife’s ignorant neglect results the couple to disconnect with each other, contributing to his ultimate demise. In this excerpt, the author successfully integrates imagery to characterize Muriel’s materialistic persona and symbolism to urge the readers to contemplate the detrimental effects of materialism. Through the effective utilization of visual imagery, the author aptly characterizes

Seymour kills himself as a victim of his own inability to reconnect to real society after his wartime experience. Right from the get go, when Muriel's mother expresses that “there's a very great chance... that Seymour may completely lose control of himself” (Salinger 2), we see how people surrounding Seymour are concerned for his mental health due to a host of his previous erratic behaviors. These include “funny business with the trees [when driving]”, “that business with the window [he broke it]”

J.D Salinger is a very known american writer whose literature became very popular. His books revolved around many ideas such as his view on children. Children in many of his books have an innocence that Salinger grasps onto and makes adults corrupt. Also, he shows how children are teachers to adults but can still be foolish. Purity in children are expressed throughout many stories by Salinger. In Catcher In the Rye, Holden repeatedly expressed “Did you ask her if she still keeps all her kings in

environment with little room for atypical relationships, ideals, and behaviors. Anything that is outside of the normal is immediately written off and labeled as deviant behavior, something that is often frowned upon in this day and age. The characters in Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger use various coping mechanisms to escape the reality that societal norms and traditionalism present. Seymour Glass of A Perfect Day for Bananafish is a twisted character who, having returned from the traumas of war, has a

A marriage between a man and a woman is scared. You vow to have and to hold, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part. This is the conflict seen in the short story, “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” by J.D. Salinger. We are provided with Muriel Glass, the wife that disregards her vows and is more into materialism than the importance of Seymour Glass, her husband and his emotional well being upon returning from World War II. In this story materialism

his novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951). His first major success, however, was the short story ‘A Perfect Day for Bananafish’, first published in a 1948 issue of The New Yorker magazine. It was later published as a part of the short story collection Nine Stories (1953) among eight more stories, one of which is called ‘For Esmé—with Love and Squalor’ (1950). Both of the works include characters who are apparently suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, also known as PTSD, a mental illness perhaps

“All things truly wicked start from innocence” by Ernest Hemingway. This quote is important because it relates to Seymour Glass, the main character in the short story. Glass was an ordinary man before returning from war as a completely different man, a man that was no longer innocent, but in some ways, extremely tainted. J. D. Salinger’s short story, “A Perfect Day for Bananafish”, showcases different writing style techniques that help to better improve the effectiveness of his writing. The

A Perfect Day for Bananafish, a short story by J. D. Salinger, was written in 1948, a harsh time for Americans; men were back in their homes, the women were able to see their husbands again, and the ‘VA’s were full. Only, the war hadn’t just ended. It had ended 3 years earlier. This was still too early for many men returning from the war. These men still had such terrible, mostly untreated, PTSD, that the VA hospitals released them before they were ready to return to the general population. This