Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut

Published two years apart, J. D. Salinger’s “For Esmé - with Love and Squalor” and “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut” contrast in content and in tone, with “Uncle Wiggily” following a meeting between two upper class women and “For Esmé” following a World War II veteran’s recollection of his past experiences. One major subject matter present in both stories, though, is that of the effects of war on one’s mentality, its inspiration drawn directly from Salinger’s own experiences in the second world war. In relation to that, one of the prevailing themes delineated in Salinger’s “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut” and “For Esmé - with Love and Squalor” is the severity of war and its effects on those directly and indirectly involved; however, surpassing that…

the innocent African people. This allusions adds to the writing by confirming that Holden wants to protect someone from something just like Karen did in Out of Africa. J.D. Salinger was also known to add other literary allusions in his other works to further strengthen his stories. One story that has traces of literary allusions is Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut where the author briefly describes Eloise and how she keeps her legs crossed at the ankles. “She was stretched out on the couch, but her…

J.D. Salinger was a writer during World War and so war has a very big effects on his stories. Reader can see the theme of war in all of his stories. All of them were happening during war or after it. All the characters lost something or someone in war and now they’re looking for that lost thing in kids or the kids remind them of themselves. So “At the first glance, Nine Stories seems to deal mostly with children and adolescents.” (Alsen 87) Three stories that war had a very big effect on it are”…

add more later] In “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut” death is heavily…

this from happening… A third possibility is that Seymour is, at heart, a child—but a child who (unlike Sybil) demands attention from his loved ones, to the point where his suicide is something like a temper tantrum at the injustices of the adult world” (Ed). The reason could be any of these and the fact that Salinger let the story have an open ending is suggesting that it is reader’s job to decides, what the actual reason was. The persons who lost their innocent in “Uncle Wiggily in…

seems Salinger was telling her, ‘Don’t let them spoil you. Don’t let them destroy you as a voice,’ ‘them’ being the Establishment, the publishers, the outside world. He was doing the Catcher in the Rye routine -- protecting her.” 3. Salinger had copious contradictions there were many things where one would think he would do one thing but ends up doing the complete opposite. “For me the answer to truly understanding Salinger lies in his contradictions,” notes Shane Salerno. He hated private…

on during his era that weren't right, and he wanted the world to figure it out within his literature. During his time being stationed his life changed drastically as the war had a huge impact on his lifestyle and brought a whole new mindset. After being stationed Salinger seemed to have PTSD.(CNN)and he developed anxiety, and depression. Unfortunately Salinger lived with this anxiety and depression throughout the rest of his lifetime. In other words, JD was a successful man who accomplished…