This Perfect Day is probably Ira Levin’s greatest work of his career. Levin’s work‚ despite being written in 1970‚ is very plausible having realistic technology‚ such as scanners and computers which watch over the entire family‚ the entire population of the world. This novel could be used to show the dangers of a Utopian society as well as being full of anti-Communist and anti-racist sentiment. This Perfect Day also displays the feeling that communist and segregated institutions can be defeated
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J.D. Salinger’s “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” was written and published in the year 1948. Salinger is most eminent for his novel The Catcher in the Rye and tends to be known for writing about the lack of innocence in adult society. Its inferred by many‚ that Salinger’s war experience has had a great impact on most of his literature. “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” tells the story of a disturbed war veteran connecting with innocence as he tries to escape from the materialism and corruption in the
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during WWII were so disconnected from each other that many veterans could no longer fit in with society. When America’s troops came home‚ the country had changed dramatically as it had developed into a consumerist society. In J.D Salinger’s “A Perfect Day for Bananafish‚” Seymour Glass is a war veteran who is dealing with PTSD. His experiences in the war changed him forever‚ and he could no longer fit in with the consumerist America. Seymour Glass tells the story of the bananafish to a young girl
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A Perfect Day for Bananafish; Stuck in the Bananahole J.D. Salinger’s short story‚ A Perfect Day for Bananafish‚ reveals the story of Seymour Glass‚ a veteran solider from WWII‚ who‚ upon returning home to America and his family‚ feels isolated and is unable to communicate and connect with his adult peers. After having trudged through his war experience‚ Seymour was subsequently forced to step back and see the shallow materialism in his surrounding world. This constrictive world traps him and slowly
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Seymour Glass‚ the protagonist of the short story “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” by J. D. Salinger‚ would undoubtedly agree with Dylan. His story is seemingly a very common one; a soldier returns from war and finds himself unable to relate to those around him‚ and‚ without meaningful relationships‚ suffers a mental breakdown that ultimately ends in suicide. On the outside it seems as though Seymour follows this prototype exactly‚ but in reality‚ re-acclimating to civilian life only serves as a catalyst
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to be perfect. We feel like we need to look like the models in the magazines. Because nowadays‚ it’s all about the looks‚ the style and the weight‚ nothing else matters. The actual definition of perfection is ‘being entirely without fault or defect ‘. Can anybody actually think of anyone who has no fault? Whether its weight or something silly like a limp or a allergy‚ everyone has one. And when we have a small fault like this‚ we feel like the world could end and we will never be perfect like those
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The theme of "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" involves people’s perceptions of one another. The supporting characters in the story all view Seymour differently. For instance‚ the woman in the hotel sees her companion as torn and confused from the war. She seems annoyed with him‚ "I mean all he does is lie there. He won’t take his bathrobe off." The woman’s parents speak of Seymour "as though he were a raving maniac." They are concerned about the way he has acted in the past and what he may do in the
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literature. In the short stories “Soldier’s Home” and “A Perfect Day for Bananafish‚” the two protagonists’ lives after brutal wars explicitly demonstrate the idea that although they survived their battles‚ their fascination with war is no longer there. Still‚ they find it difficult to adjust to normalcy after all they have seen. For both Krebs and Seymour‚ wars have dehumanized them and let them become social outsiders and pathetic heroes
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Describe your perfect day Waking up crack of dawn is the best way to start my day. The shimmering sun rays make their way through slit of my baby pink‚ silk satin curtains. The warm sunbeam acts like an alarm clock‚ striking my face as an untouchable object. I cover my face with my thick‚ yet light hot pink quilt‚ trying to avoid the fact that I have to wake up. I snooze knowing the fact that I don’t have to rush out of my ever welcoming bed. My bed is my best friend. Taking a lazy walk around
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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
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