A Perfect Day For Bananafish Essay
The central idea of the book Nine Stories that I would like to write about is the idea that the people in these stories are good people going through hard times and are having trouble dealing with life. In looking at all the characters in each story, they all relate to each other the sense that they are good people, leading the average normal life with families and jobs or schooling but they are each going through personal struggles that life is offering them and they are having trouble dealing with it. In some cases, the character in the story fails to realize that they are struggling, however their actions lead the reader to believe otherwise.
Two characters I believe are similar to one another are Seymour in "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" …show more content…
This shows that he chooses to hide his identity because he is ashamed of who has he become and it is a way of detaching himself in an attempt to forget or evade his past. He disguises himself X so no one will be able to figure out whom the story was about. During the war, X goes insane and he changes significantly from the beginning of the story. He suffers both physical and emotional effects from being in the war.. After the war ended X was tormented by many symptoms of post traumatic stress syndrome. He hasn't slept in weeks and it's told that just the tip of his tongue makes his gums bleed. He's distanced himself from his closest buddy who try to get him to go out, and he distances himself from his family as he tears up a letter he received from his brother. Just when the reader begins to think that X is going to be permanently mentally scarred, X receives notices an envelope among the stack of unopened letters. He opened the read the letter. It had been the first letter that was not selfish, impersonal, or cold. In fact, the letter was from Esme. The letter was so personal and caring, it was the only letter in the pile that showed any emotion at all. Also in the package, X found the enclosed watch that Esme had sent him. The crystal was broken but it was otherwise in tact. This seemed to bring comfort and peace of mind toX. He sat silently with the watch in
Two characters I believe are similar to one another are Seymour in "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" …show more content…
This shows that he chooses to hide his identity because he is ashamed of who has he become and it is a way of detaching himself in an attempt to forget or evade his past. He disguises himself X so no one will be able to figure out whom the story was about. During the war, X goes insane and he changes significantly from the beginning of the story. He suffers both physical and emotional effects from being in the war.. After the war ended X was tormented by many symptoms of post traumatic stress syndrome. He hasn't slept in weeks and it's told that just the tip of his tongue makes his gums bleed. He's distanced himself from his closest buddy who try to get him to go out, and he distances himself from his family as he tears up a letter he received from his brother. Just when the reader begins to think that X is going to be permanently mentally scarred, X receives notices an envelope among the stack of unopened letters. He opened the read the letter. It had been the first letter that was not selfish, impersonal, or cold. In fact, the letter was from Esme. The letter was so personal and caring, it was the only letter in the pile that showed any emotion at all. Also in the package, X found the enclosed watch that Esme had sent him. The crystal was broken but it was otherwise in tact. This seemed to bring comfort and peace of mind toX. He sat silently with the watch in