A Perfect Day for Bananafish

Night challenges the reader to recognize the physiological effect the camp has on Elie and his struggle to maintain his identity. As the books opens, Elie is family oriented and devoted to Judaism. When Hitler gains power, Elie is shipped to a concentration camp and will never be the same person again. When he first arrives at Auschwitz, he has to “throw [his] clothes at one end of the barracks” (32) and the SS officers “shaved off all the hair” (33) from his body. This is the first blow to…

of the numerous amounts of books he wrote many became many published such as, The Young Folks, The Long Debut of Lois Taggett, Personal Notes of an Infantryman, The Varioni Brothers, Elaine, This Sandwich Has No Mayonnaise, I’m Crazy, A Perfect Day for Bananafish, and The Catcher in the…

my artistic ability. The combined exposure to traumatic events, plus problematic situations from youth, caused me to portray myself and beliefs through a protection of innocence and a personal touch to my writing. In New York, New York on the first day of the new year in 1919, I came into this world. The roaring 20's were just ready to take off. I was one of two sons born to a rabbi Sol Salinger and Miriam Salinger. Mom and dad had a beautifully run ham and cheese import business. (Biography)…

however he does like this world and feels uncomfortable having to stay in it for too long. Salinger behavior towards adult is similar to that of Seymour, the eldest of the Glass Family in his novel Franny and Zooey, from his short story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish"in this short story Seymour, on vacation with his wife.overhears a telephone conversation with his wife and mother. This helps give an understanding of why Salinger dislikes others, because these women are seen a shallow,…

born on January 1, 1919 in Manhattan, New York. He later died of natural causes on January 29, 2010 in Cornish, New Hampshire. He was the second child and only boy of Miriam Jillich Salinger, an Irish woman, and Sol Salinger, a Jewish father. From day one, he was given the nickname Sonny. He was raised in a Jewish household, but his parents weren’t very religious. Salinger attended McBurney High School in the Upper West…