He believes in the model of the world that he imagines and, therefore, Seymour’s conscious is damaged by the distorted perception of the reality. As far as the conscious level is concerned, he lives in a kind of “imagined world” and his thoughts and feelings are focused on such things as a bananafish story or other notions that come from his mind. According to Freud’s theory, Seymour’s mind can be divided into three layers. Applying Freudian Psychoanalysis TheoryĪpplying Freud’s psychoanalysis theory, it is possible to clarify the outcomes of Seymour’s psychological state damaged during the war times on his social skills and the ability to fit the rest of the world. Therefore, all these facts lead to the hero’s conclusion about the suicide at the end of the story. However, the problem is that his foolish behavior leads to great differences between Seymour and the rest of society. For sure, there is nothing wrong with the hero’s innocent actions, namely the invention of banana fish. He is stuck in the middle of nowhere instead of living in his own world. Because of the complexity of Seymour’s psychological state, the hero is merely trapped between two worlds and is unable to choose the one he really desires. Consequently, all these factors led him to his mental instability and the downfall of his superego.īesides, there is also another problem. Therefore, it becomes merely impossible for his id to fit into the materialistic society that greatly changed after the war. In reality, the woman just is not ready to accept the truth.Īs far as the society is concerned, the readers may see that after the war, people are actually too overwhelmed with the ideas of materialism and, because of this fact, there is no place for the innocent hero in the society. The woman endlessly insists that her husband is fine, and, therefore, her mother has no reasons to be scared. Nevertheless, Muriel seems to be calm and does not believe in the seriousness of the issue. Even more, Muriel’s mother is even afraid of Seymour and wants her daughter to come back home from the vacation. The woman believes that he is dangerous to society.
In fact, during Muriel’s conversation with her mother, the readers may see that the mom clearly considers Seymour to be out of his mind. Even the closest people are not able to understand Seymour. As a result, he acts not like everyone else around him. It contributed to his uncontrolled childish behavior, a kind of immaturity, and the innocence. As it was already mentioned, the war has changed hero’s personality. Seymour’s place in societyĪnother reason that greatly influences the hero’s mind is the false beliefs of the materialistic society in which the hero lives. Nevertheless, he still remains in spirit as the essence of truth and innocence.
In other ways, his behavior is the outcome of the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder the hero faces after the stressful situation he experienced during the war times.
There are no doubts that, first of all, Seymour’s id is greatly affected by the events he faced during the war. The influence of the War II on hero’s psyche As a result, the hero is not able to see the differences between socially-acceptable things and socially-unacceptable, and, therefore, his psyche is affected the most. There are many moments throughout the story when it Seymour acts in a different way, especially in comparison to people around him. In the story, the hero cannot take control over his mind and, finally, it leads to his downfall. The readers may also analyze the peculiarities of the connection between Seymour and the rest of the world. In brief, it is a story about a mentally unstable man that is fighting with his id, superego. Salinger, introduces the character Seymour Glass, a man who served for a while in the armed forces during the second war. “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” a story was written by J. 4 Applying Freudian Psychoanalysis Theory.2 The influence of the War II on hero’s psyche.
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