Nine Worthies

Experience, which destroys innocence, also leads one back to it.” – James Baldwin. “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” by J.D. Salinger, and “Home” by George Saunders depicts the search the protagonists, Seymour and Mikey, go through to retrieve their innocence that they once lost while fighting in the war. Fighting in any war is absolutely terrifying and can leave permanent damage on someone forever—emotionally and mentally, thus leading them to lose their innocence. The effects that the war has left

The last of the "Nine Stories," Teddy is a complex and philosophy-rich testament to Salinger 's own Eastern leanings. The eponymous protagonist is the obvious source of this deep thought, as he believes himself to be in the later stages of Enlightenment, and speaks freely of his own ideas and sentiments. However, the plot, as well as the style in which it is written, also speak of convoluted ideas and symbols. The interplay between character and theme is constant and can be interpreted in myriad

In “A Perfect Day for Bananafish”, J.D. Salinger explores the rotting of innocence that comes with adulthood. The effects of materialism and corruption in human society, especially adults, is a common theme delivered in Salinger’s works. “Critics think of the story as a metaphorical representation of what happens to sensitive people in a materialistic society filled with people who are as greedy as the Bananafish about which Seymour tells Sybil” (Shuman). It is being suggested that Seymour is a sensitive

to fly she came across a man who didn’t like that she was going to be a female pilot a lot more challenges came towards her but it didn’t stop her . Putting her passion for her belief in women's’ rights together, Amelia helped to found the Ninety Nines, a nonprofit international organization for women pilots that still runs today. Now, the organization is around thirty countries and it has over 5,000 members, as well as an Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship Fund,the program carries flight lessons

One of cinema's most unexpected, artistically fertile iterations in the 21st century is the viral video, a Warholian flash of lightning: brief, often concept-less, zigzagging across the globe on bright computer/phone screens, and then, just as quickly, vanishing from relevance. This new medium's Meliesian pioneer is a mercurial figure whose fifteen minutes of fame has miraculously protracted into a decade's-worth of cultish, vaudevillian mini-movies; their deranged comedy, hot-topic commentary, and

As time transitions from one century to the next, countries change and advance socially, and economically. However, this change is not always a positive one. In Salinger’s “A Perfect Day for a Banana Fish”, the protagonist, Seymour Glass, struggles to find his place in society after coming back from the Second World War. Seymour, battle-scarred, developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder while serving in the war and comes back to find that society has grown materialistic. By looking at Salinger’s use

Typically, the ending of a book can be quite predicable since authors tend to be very straight forward onto exactly is what is going on in the characters’ minds. On the other hand, author J.D. Salinger decides to end his short story, “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” in a shockingly and unexpected manner. The main character, Seymour Glass, and his wife Muriel, are vacationing at a resort in Florida. In the end of the story Seymour chooses to end his life. Although, his choice to commit suicide appears

I used to drew on the bills when I was five year old, my mom stoped me and told me I should not draw on the bills because those bills are not regular paper. I will not draw on the bill any more since I understand bills can fulfill my wants. Every adults live in material life, there is impossible for one can go back to innocence. Similar to time goes by, from innocence to materialism also irreversible. In the story “ A perfect day for bananafish”, J.D Salinger narrates that a return world war II soldier

Finding a Way Out Jerome David Salinger was an influential writer in the 1950’s. He reflected his own personal life in all his fictional stories and several of Salinger’s fictional characters appear to be alter egos at various stages of his life. The autobiographical fiction “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” is a reflection of Salinger’s own war experience and his marital infidelity. The story focuses on the main character Seymour Glass, who is a veteran of World War 2 and consequently a victim of

The short story, “A Perfect Day for Bananfish” written by Jerome Salinger in 1948, is based on the idea of how people change through war. The main character, Seymour, has just gotten out of the military and is on vacation with his wife in Florida. Through his wife’s conversations, it is made apparent that Seymour has developed mental issues since returning home and these issues are shown through Seymour’s longing for isolation throughout the story. The unusual part of this fictional tale is the fact