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Jiayi Jeff Chen ESL III Literature Mr.Jones Feb.3rd 2011

A Perfect Day for Banana Fish “People are innocent when they were babies.” This sentence is translated from Three Character Primer, which is an important book in Chinese history.Thinking to another way, the sentence also mean people lost their innocent when they grew up.It is proved in the story, which called A Perfect Day for Banana Fish.After World War II, many young American soldiers went back to their hometown.Most of them survived from the war.During the war, they will die at anytime.Under this preure, their spirit was injured.They will become more sensitive.In “A Perfect Day for Banana Fish”, Seymour Gla is an American soldier, who just came back to USA from Germany after the war.He went to vacation with his wife in Florida.During the story, Seymour told a story about banana fish to a little girl called Sybil.Actually, Seymour realized that his life is same as banana fish’s because the symbolism of the normal banana fish, hole, and eating too much until die.The normal banana fish symbolizes the innocent human like Sybil.Before the war, Seymour is a normal person.He is healthy and like a normal banana fish that it still have freedom.Seymour thinks Sybil is innocent.When he played with Sybil on the beach, he said, “That’s a fine bathing suit you have on.If there’s one thing I like, it’s a blue bathing suit.”(12)Actually, the color that Sybil wear is yellow.The reason that he said it is blue because he thinks blue is represented to innocent.However, the people around him all lost innocent except children.He also lost his innocent in the war.Hole symbolizes a place or thing make people lost innocent such as war.During the war, everyone will die at anytime.Even though they survive, they will get P.T.S.D.It makes people sensitive like Seymour.When he was in the elevator, he thinks one lady was looking at his feet and actually the lady doesn’t look at them.“If you want to look at my feet, say so,” said the young man.“But don’t be a God-damned sneak about it.”(17)He gets too many activates from adults’ world and he can’t release them.He just like a banana fish eats banana and get fatter and fatter.The pain in his mind is more and more until he can’t carry anymore and die.Death symbolizes people can’t control their mind anymore and want to a new life to get innocent again.From the story start to the end, Seymour’s reaction become more and more acutely.At the start of the story during Muriel and her mother’s conversation, mother asked, “What’d he say? Where was Seymour when you talked to him?” “In the Ocean Room, playing the piano.He’s played the piano both nights we’ve been here.”(7)At that time, he still can control his emotion to play the piano.But at the end, he gets crazy.He yells to people who even didn’t do anything to him.He thinks people will have a new life after they die.Baby is innocent.“He aimed the pistol, and fired a bullet through his right temple.”(18)Banana fish’ life symbolizes Seymour’s life.Before the war, he likes a normal banana fish.After the war, he likes a banana fish, which eats too many bananas to get fat and can’t get out from the hole.Finally, he, like a banana fish, died.When people grew up, they will undergo many things and influence by much stuff such as money, power, or girl.It is hard to keep innocent.However, as long as you treat others nice, you still keep some innocent.Trying to be a nice person.“A Perfect Day for Banana Fish”;Nine Stories;J.D.Saliger;First Little, Brown and Company;1991