“Post-Traumatic Stress Injury isn't a disease. It's a wound to the soul that never heals”
Tom Glenn. The short story A Perfect day for Bananafish is a story about a war veteran named
Seymour who is having a hard time adjusting to his new normal life. Throughout the story,
Seymour does things that show he is struggling with PTSD and the loss of his innocence. We can learn that war can change people and they may never be the same.
The story starts out with Muriel on the phone with her mother in the hotel room, talking about the wellbeing of Seymour. Muriel's mother was asking tons of questions about Seymour and the way he had been acting, she said he was fine but they still hadn’t had a good conversation with the doctor yet. That scared Muriel's mother. The conversation lead to them …show more content…
After a very long conversation about Seymore, Muriel changed the subject and began talking about her vacation. She began to explain how Seymour spent most of his time lying on the beach with his robe on, or playing the piano in the ocean room.It was very apparent that she did not want to continue talking about Seymour. She told her mother that she was okay, and that they were having a lovely time down in florida. She told her mother to say hello to her father for her and then hung up the phone. After reading this, it is very obvious that Seymour is having a very hard time adjusting to his new reality. Seymour spends most of his time alone, covering himself in a bath towel. We learn that he is blocking his new reality from him, and trying not to let it all sink in. It is common for war veterans to struggle trying to get back into real life after seeing so many awful things happening overseas. The story continues with a little girl named Sybil talking to her mom. After lathering her up with sunscreen, her mom left inside to get a drink. Immediately after her mother left, Sybil ran over to Seymour and began talking to him like they had been friends for a long time. After
Tom Glenn. The short story A Perfect day for Bananafish is a story about a war veteran named
Seymour who is having a hard time adjusting to his new normal life. Throughout the story,
Seymour does things that show he is struggling with PTSD and the loss of his innocence. We can learn that war can change people and they may never be the same.
The story starts out with Muriel on the phone with her mother in the hotel room, talking about the wellbeing of Seymour. Muriel's mother was asking tons of questions about Seymour and the way he had been acting, she said he was fine but they still hadn’t had a good conversation with the doctor yet. That scared Muriel's mother. The conversation lead to them …show more content…
After a very long conversation about Seymore, Muriel changed the subject and began talking about her vacation. She began to explain how Seymour spent most of his time lying on the beach with his robe on, or playing the piano in the ocean room.It was very apparent that she did not want to continue talking about Seymour. She told her mother that she was okay, and that they were having a lovely time down in florida. She told her mother to say hello to her father for her and then hung up the phone. After reading this, it is very obvious that Seymour is having a very hard time adjusting to his new reality. Seymour spends most of his time alone, covering himself in a bath towel. We learn that he is blocking his new reality from him, and trying not to let it all sink in. It is common for war veterans to struggle trying to get back into real life after seeing so many awful things happening overseas. The story continues with a little girl named Sybil talking to her mom. After lathering her up with sunscreen, her mom left inside to get a drink. Immediately after her mother left, Sybil ran over to Seymour and began talking to him like they had been friends for a long time. After