JD Salinger
In each short story by J. D. Salinger, a main character struggles with a question concerning different factors in their own life. Some of the noticeable and repetitious themes in Salinger’s stories are Appearance vs. Reality; Adults vs. Children; Sanity vs. Insanity; and the meaning of life. The only difference is the way each character deal with the problems.In Salingers story, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," Seymore Glass is a young man on Vacation in Florida that was with his wife who is as beautiful as can be and in love with the man, Seymore once was. After the war, the army put Seymore into a mental institution due to his major case of shell shock that he received from the war. For this reason, Seymore went from sanity in an insane world, to his strive not to be insane in the world he lives in. While on vacation he meet a young girl on the beach, Sybil she called herself, was about 5 years old. Seymore enjoyed talking to Sybil, she reminded him of the man he once was as if the was never happened. One time Seymore
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Approximate Word count = 712
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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