... Though later, Salinger proved himself a hypocrite by having many affairs with girls twenty and thirty years his junior. In 1939, Salinger took a class on short story writing at Columbia University, taught by professor Whit Burnett, who was the editor and founder of Story Magazine, where J.D. later had short stories published. Salinger was drafted during ... wrote. At the time, Joyce was an eighteen-year-old student at Yale, who moved in with Salinger after their second meeting, for nine months. They had many problems with sex, and even after discussing the possibility of having a baby to...

• Word Count: 1708
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"A Perfect Day for Bananafish" was written by J. D. Salinger as a one of The Nine Stories. "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" tells the life of Seymour Glass at a time when he is struggling to find peace in his life after returning home from World War II. Seymour's ... with the harsh treatment from adults around him causes his suicide. He is the bananafish who cannot escape the hole and achieve the spiritualism and childlike characteristics that he desires. J. D. Salinger's use of the image of a Bananafish has more complexity than first thought ... ...

• Word Count: 341
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School