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guild StoriesJ D Salinger wrote Nine Stories with the same brilliance as Catcher InThe Rye. His style is so unique and complex that all of his shortstories are truly enjoyable. two of those stories are A consummate dayfor a bananafish and For Esme with love and squalor. The main(prenominal)characters in both of these stories, Seymour and Sargent X, have servedin World War II, and the bit has taken its toll on them. Theirphysiological well being was sacrificed and as a result they are nolonger the same wad they were before. Both feel alienated from the pile in their life, the same people they had loved before the war.The isolation the war has caused is carried over into their lives, andit caused these men to assay for new forms of comfort and security, inthe respective forms of Sybil and Esme.In A perfect day for a bananafish, Muriel and her husbandSeymour have different perspectives of life. Muriel is a rakish and complacent person, while her husband is quitestrange and slightl y paranoid. His paranoia is illustrated whenhe looses it in the hotel elevator, I have two normal feet andI disregardt see the slightest God-damned reason anyone should stareat them. Muriel, however, is unacquainted with Seymours wildbreakdowns. She is rather confident that Seymour is perfectlysane as she reports to her get on the telephone. Murieldoesnt know about this side of Seymour because he has twistalienated from her after the war. Their personalities dontmatch anymore, if they ever did, and he is seeking some sort of disposition that he knows Muriel can non provide. Seymoursrelationship with Sybil is making up for Muriels shortcomings.Seymour is looking for the understanding of a child and thelove of an adult. He wants someone who will non judge him. Herea lizes the impossibility of his desires with Sybil when hegets a loud response from her after kissing the arch of her foot.Seymour has no one who understands him, which causes his feeling ofisolation. He can no long er relate to the world he lives in and with noone to provide comfort and security he is control to suicide.Sargent X has an interesting relationship with Esme in ForEsme with love and squalor. Esme is quite cognizant of the horrorsof war and says to Sgt. X, I hope you return from the war withall your faculties intact. Sgt. X in fact would not havereturned with all of his faculties intact if it were not for