Nine Stories
J.D. Salinger

A Perfect Day for Bananafish 3
Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut 19
Just Before the War with the Eskimos 39
The Laughing Man 55
Down at the Dinghy 74
For Esmé-with Love and Squalor 87
Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes 115
De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period 130
Teddy 166

• A Perfect Day for Bananafish

This story describes the last day of Seymour Glass's life. It starts off with Muriel, Seymour's wife, calling her mother and telling her that she has arrived at the hotel and happy that they are on a vacation. Muriel's mother is extremely cautious of Seymour and is constantly worrying about Muriel. Seymour goes to the beach and meets Sybil Carpenter. Seymour tells Sybil the story of bananafish and how they eat so many bananas and become so bloated; they cannot exit the hole they entered in, and eventually die. At the end of the story, Seymour goes up to his hotel room and kills himself. I didn't really like this story because it seemed kind of......

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Title: Nine Stories
Approximate Word Count: 672
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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