Salinger's short story, "A Perfect Day for a Bananafish," Muriel Glass, the female protagonist, is obsessed with material goods, ignoring the needs of her mentally unstable husband. Seymour Glass suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after serving in European theater during the horrors of World War II. Muriel removes herself from Seymour's life, in favor of fashion and other self-interests, have no intention of working toward repairing a disintegrating marriage. Muriel and Seymour rarely communicate with each other, creating a wide relational chasm. All of these small, but destructive problems in his marriage, lead Seymour to take his own life. .
It never specified in the story whether Muriel was always very materialistic, or if she turned into a materialistic woman while Seymour was at war. However, it is awfully obvious early into the story that she cares very little for things other than her greedy, materialistic lifestyle. Muriel seems to be rooted into the materialistic way of life; recalling previous years at the fashion shows and critiquing this year's fashion show quite negatively. Muriel's mother asked, "How are the clothes this year?" Muriel responded with "Terrible,"" and went on to make negative comments about the other people staying with them at the hotel. "The people are awful this year. You should see what sits next to us in the dining room. At the next table. They look as if they drove down in a truck" (Salinger 2). .
Muriel shows her true colors of materialism with these two quotes, ; she proves to the readers that she did not come to vacation with her husband, she came down to submerse herself in her normal lifestyle. In fact, when Muriel's mother questioned Muriel as to where Seymour was, Muriel replied with a faint, "on the beach,"" (2) with no real conviction. It wouldn't be a stretch to say that Muriel really didn't know where Seymour was, but was just taking a guess as to where she thought he was at.
Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" Nine Stories by J.D. ... J.D. Salinger illustrates symbolism in "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by the personalities of the characters and the bananafish parable in the story. Salinger introduces Seymour Glass on the last day of his life (Westbrook). ... J.D. ...
Growing up, J.D. ... After publishing "A Perfect Day for Bananafish- in the New Yorker, the magazine published almost all of his short stories from then on. "A Perfect Day for Bananafish- introduced Seymour Glass and the Glass family, which come up frequently in Salinger's later writings such as "Franny and Zooey,"" written in 1961, "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters,"" written in 1963, and "Seymour: An Introduction,"" also written in 1963. ... "A Perfect Day For Bananafish,"" in which Seymour Glass yells at his wife for not knowing German so that she can read some of his books, kiss...
J.D. ... As recorded in J.D.'... J.D. entered the war when he joined the American Army's Fourth Division that had landed on Utah Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944 (French #2 15). ... The family's first appearance was in "A Perfect Day for BananaFish." ... J.D. ...
J.D. ... J.D. ... J.D. ... One of Salinger's stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," was finally accepted by The New Yorker after ten years of receiving nothing but rejection letters. ... Every day he spends time alone in a room and he says that he is writings. ...
Nine Stories Mysterious, confusing, thought provoking and inter-locking are a few words that explain J.D. Salinger's Nine Stories. ... Life for Seymour Glass, the main character in A Perfect Day for Bananafish, was too difficult for him. ... He told her the story of the Bananafish and for their love of bananas, they would inevitably die. ... Seymour Glass, the main character in A Perfect Day for Bananafish. ...
J.D. Salinger's "The Nine Stories- is a collection of nine separate, but related stories in which many characters are related to each other. Seymour Glass of "A Perfect Day for Bananafish- and Sergeant X of "For Esme "With Love and Squalor- have both similarities and differences in terms of their lifestyle, personality, and important experiences. ... Seymour's hopeless story of bananafish that ends with death can be contrasted to the hope Sergeant X got from Esmé's letter. ...
