The readers may also analyze the peculiarities of the connection between Seymour and the rest of the world. In brief, it is a story about a mentally unstable man that is fighting with his id, superego. Salinger, introduces the character Seymour Glass, a man who served for a while in the armed forces during the second war. “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” a story was written by J.
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Seymour even tried to convince himself that Sybil’s swimsuit was blue (innocent) and not yellow(corrupt). Seymour wasn’t able to recreate that hope, even though he tried with Sybil. X also doesn’t seem to realize the corruption of Esme when they first meet. X sees this through the letters sent by Esme. X on the other hand, at the end of the novel, realizes there is hope for him to return to a state of sanity, not necessarily innocence, but sanity. Seymour Glass, in the end of his novel, kills himself because he realizes he cannot be un-corrupted. Salinger displays the loss of innocence through dampening blond hair, which both these two central characters have in the short stories.Īlthough these two novels are similar, they are also different. She was an orphan who also has to take care of her little brother. Esme is a young girl who was forced to become more mature at a young age because of the death of her father and mother. Sybil is a kid, possibly 5 years old, who is told a story about bananafish, which metaphorically explains how once you are corrupted you cannot go back to innocence. Seymour and X also look for innocence, because of the lack of innocence in their life, and eventually find it in Sybil and Esme, but these two end up losing their innocence. Both the main character’s, sergeant X and Seymour Glass experienced war, and because of the war, they both assumedly have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. One major similarity in themes of the two novels is the theme of war. There are a few comparisons between the two novels. ThoseĪre just two of the many themes/ideas that both stories share.Ĭomparison/ Contrast of For Esme with Love and Squalor and APDFB: To the radio with Clay and a few other people. He tells Clay to leave his room and will not go listen
X, towards the end of the story uncontrollably shakesĪnd is very antisocial. Seymour hangs out with little kids and talks about things that don’t make senseĪnd in the end kills himself. Both Seymour and X seem to have mental issues that come from the In these books is that in both of them the main characters suffer from serving Even though she does not understand that they are tainted, this still makes her slightly corrupted. Sybil, though still a child is eating olives out of martinis. Both of Esmé's parents are dead, so she had to grow up faster and take care of her brother. They know and have experienced things that have made them corrupt. This happens to Sybil and Esmé and they both represent how they are in the In both books there is mention to blonde (yellow) hair that is wet from water (blue). Yellow symbolizes corruption and blue symbolizes innocence. There are many similar themes and ideas that occur in both stories. “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” and “For Esmé-with Love and Squalor”
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