A Perfect Day for Banana Fish by JD Salinger A Perfect Day for Banana Fish was written in 1948 by American writer Jerome David Salinger. It was only three years after the end of World War II, while Salinger was stationed in Berlin, Germany. After further analysis of the short story, I came to the conclusion that Seymour is Salinger's role model. Seymour has just returned from World War II, as did Salinger when he wrote the story. Seymour returns to his homeland very confused, dysfunctional and with some psychological problems. From the conversation between Muriel and her mother, we recognize that Seymour did not act normally after returning from the war. He destroyed “all those pretty photos of Bermuda” for example. He's also seen numerous psychiatrists and he's all covered up, even when he's lying on the beach, too embarrassed to let people see his army tattoo. Seymour IS a banana fish. He saw too many horrible and horrible things during the war like the holocaust, starving people, shootings, executions, bombings, death of his friends, etc. – he ate too many bananas. And when he returns to his native country, he no longer fits in. He comes back totally changed, very confused, because he saw things that he couldn't imagine could actually happen. And then in the end it dies, just like the banana fish. Seymour therefore wants to save Sybil because he cares about her very much. He wants to tell her that if you consume too much...