![]() Left me with lots questions! Here’s the link. ![]() The mother is extremely worried about Muriel and Seymour going off on holiday - she doesn’t think Seymour is up to such a trip, and more to the point, is concerned about Seymour possibly harming Muriel, because he’s so mentally unstable.Ī really sad story, and I’m still not sure how to define Seymour - his interactions with a young child seemed inappropriate, and I was afraid of what might happen, but could it be that he found solace in the innocent non challenging chatter of a child. The main part of the story follows a telephone conversation between Seymour’s wife Muriel, (who is on holiday with her husband) and her mother. Seymour Glass is a War Veteran, and it’s clear to all, that his wartime experiences have left him mentally scarred. The mother is extremely worried about Muriel and Seymour going off on holiday - she doesn’t think Seymour is up to such a trip, an First published in 1948, J.D.Salinger’s ‘A Perfect day for Bananafish’ is a short but strangely hypnotic read. So full of contempt he could not fit into the adult world.moreįirst published in 1948, J.D.Salinger’s ‘A Perfect day for Bananafish’ is a short but strangely hypnotic read. He took in all the tragedy that life had given him until he could not take it anymore. This reminded Seymour of the childhood innocence and imagination, where magic still exists and bananafish roam the sea. However, Sybil claims she saw the bananafish. He knows that in reality they will not find the fish. We take in experiences: tragedy, heartbreak, hate, disappointment until we cannot take anymore. Humans are so greedy that they take anything they can. This signifies the process of growing up. He tells her how the bananafish gorges itself on bananas until it is so stuffed it cannot leave its burrow. He tells her that they are looking for bananafish, some mythical creature that he probably made up when he, himself, was a child. ![]() Seymour longs to regain the innocence that he had in childhood, the innocence he lost while growing up and leaving to war. Children were simple minded and innocent and not touched by the harsh darkness of the world. The only people he could make a connection to were children. Seymour likes to spend his time alone, whether it be alone at the piano in a club or lounging at the beach. Muriel did not acknowledge her mother's concern for her and her mother did not hear the constant reassurances that Muriel was fine. ![]() They were talking at each other and not with each other. She was on the phone with her mother, but neither of them were listening to each other. Muriel is not like Seymour at all, she's superficial and centered around materialistic things. In the beginning, with the conversation between Muriel and her mother, the reader can sense that Seymour might be mentally or emotionally unstable. This is a story about desperation, about a man who was exhausted of trying to fit into a society where he was not welcomed. He never asked Sybil to look at 'his bananafish' as some ignorant reviewer posted. Muriel is not like Seymour at all, she's superficial and centered around mate Let's get one thing straight, Seymour Glass was not a sex offender. Let's get one thing straight, Seymour Glass was not a sex offender.
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