It is also most easily conceived that the bananafish from the short story are also a representation of American consumerism. I wish to conclude by going back from the idea of spiritualism - to its descendant materialism. This may also be why he decides to achieve a 'spiritual victory' by committing suicide in this Hindu/Buddhist manner of spirituality, In which the soul is at rest when absent from the body.
Just as Seymour's soul does not really seem to belong to his body and thus wishes to return back to its home.read more. Mainly eaten in countries where it doesn't grow, so it doesn't really belong there. The symbolism of the fruit, spirituality and Seymour are also quite closely related. Seymour has realised that the release from the body is actually a spiritual victory and not defeat and thus decides to commit suicide following this greater spirituality in which - as Teddy suggested - objects can be seen for what they are and not just names that have been designated to them. So - this is my point - what you have to do is vomit it up if you want to see things as they really are.' This quote shows if pursued with too much zeal, these bananas (or apples), can prevent spiritual development. 'But once they get in they behave like pigs.' I believe this is a taunt to the soldiers, who once at war - undergo a psychological change in which they behave more than inhuman as they go around killing one another, people whom they have never been acquainted with.read more. 'They swim into a hole where there are lots of bananas.' Bananas may be used by Salinger to depict the shape of a gun, and as we know from the short story Seymour took part in the war and came back a different man.
These ideas have been weaved cleverly into the short story that is, 'A perfect day for a Bananafish.' These thoughts which are shrouded in darkness and secrecy in the text make short appearances (as did Salinger's life), and can be seen most clearly on line one, page eleven represents soldiers of war that are sent into the frontline. He has vast and varied ideas, thought and beliefs throughout his short stories and novels. Gale is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division.Subtexts of Salinger's 'A perfect day for a Bananafish' Jerome David Salinger is a character who has made himself one with many idiosyncrasies. Randy Bassett, Dean Dauphinais, Robert Duncan, Leitha Etheridge-Sims, Mary Grimes, Lezlie Light, Jeffrey Matlock, Dan Newell, Dave Oblender, Christine O'Bryan, Kelly A. Mary Ann Bahr, Margaret Chamberlain, Kim Davis, Debra Freitas, Lori Hines, Jackie Jones, Jacqueline Key, Shalice Shah-Caldwell Michelle Campbell, Nicodemus Ford, Sarah Genik, Tamara C. Harris, Arlene Johnson, Michelle Kazensky, Ira Mark Milne, Polly Rapp, Pam Revitzer, Mary Ruby, Kathy Sauer, Jennifer Smith, Daniel Toronto, Carol Ullmann This Premium Study Guide is an offprint from Short Stories for Students.
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