generally written during two time periods. The first time period was

during World War II, and the second time period was during the 1960''s.

Critics feel that the works during the 1960 time period were very

inappropriate, because of the problems for which he wrote. The main

characters were generally misfits of society. In most of his works,

he has the protagonist of the story go on a quest for happiness.

Salinger does not conform to the material happiness; the characters

undergo a spiritual happiness. The characters generally start out as

in bad conditions, through the end of his works they undergone changes

The works of J.D. Salinger show the quest for happiness through

religion, loneliness, and symbolism. Salinger''s works often use

religion in order to portray comfort. In Salinger''s Nine Stories

Franny Glass keeps reciting the "Jesus Prayer" to cope with the

suicide of her brother Seymour (Bloom in Bryfonski and Senick 69).

Salinger is able to use this prayer as a means of comfort for Franny.

(Grunwald in Bloom 67). Salinger uses much of the symbolism to show

context to a scripture in the Bible, which tells of how the ducks are

for what he has portrayed in the society during this time period.

living a good life and end anything that causes suffering. Seymour is

to isolate the characters in his works in order for them to attain

able to attain nirvana by committing suicide (Lundquist in Matuz 211).

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