Perspectives

The next section will focus on putting the short story “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” by J. D. Salinger in perspective by looking at aspects related to the literary period and similar works.

Literary period

J. D Salinger was a Modernist author. Like Ernest Hemingway (another important American author belonging to Modernism),...

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Works with the same theme

On the theme of isolation, we recommend that you read a short story by Ernest Hemingway which also deals with a soldier’s incapacity to reintegrate in society, only the action is set after World War I. The story is called “Soldier’s Home” and follows Harold Krebs back in his hometown in America, incapable of relating to his family or to girls, and struggling to find a motivation for living.

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Screen adaptations

The short story has also been adapted into a couple of independent short films which you can...

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