Excellent analysis. I am just getting back to my books and I started with 9 stories by J.D. Sallinger this was the first story of the book. You clarify a lot of symbols and references. Thanks
This is *excellent.* Thank you so much for posting it, Rachelle. If any of your students are reading this -- you have a very good teacher! I can tell. I read an analysis of "Banana Fish" that sees Seymour Glass in the context of the other stories by Salinger about The Glass Family. ... Specifically, Salinger's references to Zen and the experience of the moment. ... the idea that little things, like Seymour noticing the little girl's foot, it just knocked him out, he saw it as being so beautiful, overwhelmingly so; so much that he couldn't handle the intensity of the emotion moment -- getting back to his experience as a POW, that is to say, throwing off his ability to function in the post-war world. The analysis I read characterized it as "an orgasm of sensations," too much, sensation after sensation, all too intense to handle ... the author of the analysis pointing out other instances where this kind of reaction occurred in other members of The Glass Family. ... Life was just "too much" for them; and, in Seymour's case, his being a POW made his feeding on banana fish, the inevitability of living his life, fatal.
I'm sure the space and the content of the dialogues should've received more detailed attention, since the dialogues and the space are the main indicators of the alienation. The two different spaces that have never crisscrossed actually represent Seymor's disinclination to share any space with Muriel. The dialogue between Seymor and Sybil, to me, reveals the sensitive soul of a man who had gone through the horror of the war and yet has been able to preserve this purity in his heart. This part of his personality appeals to the child, because he happens to be the only person in the hotel who is able to tune in to the vivid imagination of a child who loves him purely, and also because he is the only person in the entire planet at the time who does remain at the wavelength of a child. Not even her mom has this depth, who appears in fact to be "another Muriel". A child heart never mistakes.
Great analysis. But is one reading more than what is meant? Some authors simply put in incidents ( similar to stream of consciousness movies) and it makes an interesting reading. So each one has his or her own way of connecting dots and make a picture. In that sense it’s a great story.
Very nice, thank you. I would love to make a very detailed and nice essay because I like this short story and how loaded it is despite being so short, but unfortunately my teacher is only giving me a single day to write it, and I've got little time.
Hello, thank you for this. I’m from Ukraine, my husband and many my friends and relatives are on the war now. I hope so much that this is not their future
Could you please do analysis of the story Unkle Wigilly in Conecticut... I've read it in Serbian translation so I dont even get the Word play in the title... Also I feel like its full of symbolism but i can't crack them... Also I loved this video🌷😌
Seems weird that JP a man in his 30’s- 90’s would begin relationships with woman much younger than himself, and his most famous work “catcher in the rye” (a book about teenage angst and sexual desire) has the ultimate message that the protagonist wants to be “a catcher in the rye” to stop children from growing up.... when the book has nothing to do with any sort of war; he’s character is molested, but that seems to be an excuse for JP to write about characters obsessed with children particularly little girls. Also the fact he became a reclusive living away in isolation definitely shows something being off with him. Instead of taking action to make the world a better place (which is what his work seems to be focused upon) he instead write love letters to teenage girls....... and this is the guy we call an “American literally genius?” Dude was nut job
The only qualm is 16:51 “The reader is left hanging, literally.” The reader is left hanging literarily, not literally.
Excellent analysis. I am just getting back to my books and I started with 9 stories by J.D. Sallinger this was the first story of the book. You clarify a lot of symbols and references. Thanks
Who's here from the anime?
me trying to see the similarities between Banana FIsh and A Perfect Day for Banana FIsh
me!! this helped me to understand a lot more same with ''the snows of the kilimanjaro''
is this related to banana fish??
yeah, I'm reading all the books mentioned in the titles.
Thank you. Just read the story today. Went looking for some quality analysis..
This is *excellent.* Thank you so much for posting it, Rachelle. If any of your students are reading this -- you have a very good teacher! I can tell.
I read an analysis of "Banana Fish" that sees Seymour Glass in the context of the other stories by Salinger about The Glass Family. ...
Specifically, Salinger's references to Zen and the experience of the moment. ... the idea that little things, like Seymour noticing the little girl's foot, it just knocked him out, he saw it as being so beautiful, overwhelmingly so; so much that he couldn't handle the intensity of the emotion moment -- getting back to his experience as a POW, that is to say, throwing off his ability to function in the post-war world.
The analysis I read characterized it as "an orgasm of sensations," too much, sensation after sensation, all too intense to handle ... the author of the analysis pointing out other instances where this kind of reaction occurred in other members of The Glass Family. ... Life was just "too much" for them; and, in Seymour's case, his being a POW made his feeding on banana fish, the inevitability of living his life, fatal.
absolutely love this analysis, thank you so much
hol up, Seymour glass = see more glass
I wasn’t filled with dread … when Sybil was with Seymour on the beach
analysis of the role played by sunburns blew my mind
I'm sure the space and the content of the dialogues should've received more detailed attention, since the dialogues and the space are the main indicators of the alienation. The two different spaces that have never crisscrossed actually represent Seymor's disinclination to share any space with Muriel. The dialogue between Seymor and Sybil, to me, reveals the sensitive soul of a man who had gone through the horror of the war and yet has been able to preserve this purity in his heart. This part of his personality appeals to the child, because he happens to be the only person in the hotel who is able to tune in to the vivid imagination of a child who loves him purely, and also because he is the only person in the entire planet at the time who does remain at the wavelength of a child. Not even her mom has this depth, who appears in fact to be "another Muriel". A child heart never mistakes.
I wish that similar analysis could be done on the other short stories, such as Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut
I agree J.D. Salinger is a soldier and character who is crazy but sane like any normal soldier who has just returned from the war.
Great analysis. But is one reading more than what is meant? Some authors simply put in incidents ( similar to stream of consciousness movies) and it makes an interesting reading. So each one has his or her own way of connecting dots and make a picture. In that sense it’s a great story.
Thank you so much for this
Very nice, thank you. I would love to make a very detailed and nice essay because I like this short story and how loaded it is despite being so short, but unfortunately my teacher is only giving me a single day to write it, and I've got little time.
Hello, thank you for this. I’m from Ukraine, my husband and many my friends and relatives are on the war now.
I hope so much that this is not their future
The war is very cruelty
This was such great analysis! Was wondering who the woman in the elevator was/her purpose and makes sense why he shot himself now
Could you please do analysis of the story Unkle Wigilly in Conecticut... I've read it in Serbian translation so I dont even get the Word play in the title... Also I feel like its full of symbolism but i can't crack them...
Also I loved this video🌷😌
ست محتاج بحث بخوص هذا الشاعر وقصيدته اذ امكن احد يساعد باالمصادر
They are not called " souvenirs ". They arw called "trophies ".
Seems weird that JP a man in his 30’s- 90’s would begin relationships with woman much younger than himself, and his most famous work “catcher in the rye” (a book about teenage angst and sexual desire) has the ultimate message that the protagonist wants to be “a catcher in the rye” to stop children from growing up.... when the book has nothing to do with any sort of war; he’s character is molested, but that seems to be an excuse for JP to write about characters obsessed with children particularly little girls. Also the fact he became a reclusive living away in isolation definitely shows something being off with him. Instead of taking action to make the world a better place (which is what his work seems to be focused upon) he instead write love letters to teenage girls....... and this is the guy we call an “American literally genius?” Dude was nut job
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