A Perfect Day for Bananafish by JD Salinger A Perfect Day for Bananafish was written in 1948 by the American writer Jerome David Salinger. This was just three years after the end of World War II, when Salinger was stationed in Berlin, Germany. From further analysis of the story I came to the conclusion that Seymour is Salinger's model. Seymour is just back from World War II, as was Salinger when he wrote the story. Seymour returns to his hometown very confused, dysfunctional and with some mental problems. From the conversation between Muriel and her mother, we recognize that Seymour did not behave normally after returning from the war. For example, he destroyed “all those beautiful photos of Bermuda.” He has also seen many psychiatrists and is all covered up, even when he is lying on the beach, too embarrassed to let people see his army tattoo. Seymour It's a banana fish. He saw too many terrible and horrible things during the war such as the holocaust, starving people, shootings, executions, bombings, the death of his friends etc. - ate too many bananas. And when he returns to his hometown he simply doesn't fit in anymore. He comes back totally changed, very confused, because he saw things that he couldn't imagine could actually happen. And then it eventually dies, just like the banana fish. Therefore Seymour wants to save Sybil because he cares a lot about her. He wants to tell her, that if you take too much...