6/5/2023 0 Comments Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger![]() ![]() Mary Jane is a secretary and Eloise a homemaker both are dissatisfied with their lives. “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut” begins as Mary Jane arrives late for an appointment with her old college roommate, Eloise, at her suburban home. He goes up to the hotel room where Muriel is sleeping, pulls a gun from his luggage, and shoots himself in the head. He helps her conquer her fear, taking her into the water and telling her the story of the bananafish, who swims into a hole and, eating too many bananas, becomes too fat to escape. On the beach outside, Seymour meets Sybil, a young girl who is afraid to swim. She tells her mother her concerns about her husband, Seymour, who has returned from the war and is struggling to adapt to his civilian life. ![]() In “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” Muriel Glass speaks with her mother from the phone in her hotel room. Salinger’s Nine Stories (1953) is a collection of stories published between 19, most of which appeared originally in The New Yorker. ![]()
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