A Perfect Day for Bananafish | The Mysteries Seymour Glass Struggled With on the Day Before his Death
This author explores the mysteries Seymour Glass struggled with on the day before his death.
In some ways, J. D. Salinger's ‘‘A Perfect Day for Bananafish’’ is a mystery story. Its protagonist, Seymour Glass, is married to a beautiful woman. He is on vacation at a tropical resort. He has just spent the day on the beach, having a playful nonsense conversation with one of the hotel's child guests. Why, then, would he end his afternoon by putting a gun to his head?
Some clues can be found in Salinger's other writings, Franny and Zooey and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduc-tion, which concern the Glass family, a group of...
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