No day is perfect as something always seems to go wrong. Little or big there is always a flaw. That is what I have always believed in and probably always will. Anyone that says something is perfect is either lying through their teeth or overlooking a bunch of things. Some days do come close though. Some days just are so wonderful they seem perfect. They seem like the best day you’ve ever had. That doesn’t mean they are but they do come very close. For me a nice summer day always is the start of
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story‚ “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” by J.D. Salinger was a literary work that surrounded the idea of an unhappy outsider criticizing a troubled and oftentimes materialistic society and the unbinding nature of children. In the story‚ the protagonist was Seymour Glass‚ while his mind was the antagonist. “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” begins with Muriel‚ Seymour’s wife‚ waiting on a phone call to be wired through from her probing mother. From the dialogue between Muriel and her mother‚ you can gather
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An experience in life that forces you to grow up and to take on responsibility‚ can only be rewarding and uplifting in the future. When you look back at all you came through and the courage that possesed you at that most trying time. I only have one moment that really sticks out in my mind. <br> <br>Christmas on 1997 my family and I went to The Banquet which is a local food provider for the less fortunate in Sioux Falls. Being thrilled about this certain project my mom decided we should do was not
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Seymour Glass‚ the protagonist of the short story “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” by J. D. Salinger‚ would undoubtedly agree with Dylan. His story is seemingly a very common one; a soldier returns from war and finds himself unable to relate to those around him‚ and‚ without meaningful relationships‚ suffers a mental breakdown that ultimately ends in suicide. On the outside it seems as though Seymour follows this prototype exactly‚ but in reality‚ re-acclimating to civilian life only serves as a catalyst
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This Perfect Day is probably Ira Levin’s greatest work of his career. Levin’s work‚ despite being written in 1970‚ is very plausible having realistic technology‚ such as scanners and computers which watch over the entire family‚ the entire population of the world. This novel could be used to show the dangers of a Utopian society as well as being full of anti-Communist and anti-racist sentiment. This Perfect Day also displays the feeling that communist and segregated institutions can be defeated
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A Perfect Day For Bananafish By J.D. Salinger A Perfect Day For Bananafish was written in 1948 by the American writer Jerome David Salinger. This was just three years after the ending of World War II‚ where Salinger was stationed in Berlin‚ Germany. From further analysis of the short-story I have come to the conclusion that Seymour is Salinger’s role model. Seymour has just returned from World War II‚ as well as Salinger had when he wrote the story. Seymour returns to his native country very
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A day spend on bed I am a healthy person and never fall ill‚ whereas my sister is often ill. My father‚ mother‚ grand mother‚ all are very careful about her health and look to all her wishes. When she is not well we all have to slow down the TV‚ switch off the fan‚ and keep our voice low. One day when my mother work me‚ I did not feel like getting up. I had slight headache. Mother touched my forehead and said I had temperature. How happy I was! Now everybody would have to do what I wish. My
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In Nine stories by J.D. Salinger‚ one of his famous short stories‚ A Perfect Day for Bananafish discusses the life of Seymour and his relationship with others and the world around him. The short story touches upon the themes of innocence and materialism‚ but also gives meaning to the symbolic analysis of the Bananafish. Salinger includes symbolism throughout his work to portray the following themes as the story progresses. Salinger uses materialism though the character Muriel through her world
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during WWII were so disconnected from each other that many veterans could no longer fit in with society. When America’s troops came home‚ the country had changed dramatically as it had developed into a consumerist society. In J.D Salinger’s “A Perfect Day for Bananafish‚” Seymour Glass is a war veteran who is dealing with PTSD. His experiences in the war changed him forever‚ and he could no longer fit in with the consumerist America. Seymour Glass tells the story of the bananafish to a young girl
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A Perfect Day for Bananafish; Stuck in the Bananahole J.D. Salinger’s short story‚ A Perfect Day for Bananafish‚ reveals the story of Seymour Glass‚ a veteran solider from WWII‚ who‚ upon returning home to America and his family‚ feels isolated and is unable to communicate and connect with his adult peers. After having trudged through his war experience‚ Seymour was subsequently forced to step back and see the shallow materialism in his surrounding world. This constrictive world traps him and slowly
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