"A Perfect Day for Banana Fish" Assertion
In 'A Perfect Day for Banana Fish', I am going to prove that Seymour kills himself because he feels alone no matter where he goes. In most of the story, Seymour is on the beach away from society. Seymour is most likely on the beach because he is not understood by anybody in society, so he dwells amongst himself. He is not even understood by his own wife or in-laws. His wife does not bother to translate poems sent to her from Seymour when he was in the war. His wife does also not understand that Seymour has some serious mental issues from the war and is turning a blind eye to it to avoid problems. Seymour in-laws understand that Seymour has some serious problems with his mind, but blame his as a person for his actions as a result of PTSD. Seymour feels that the only place he is understood is on the beach with a two-year old girl named Sybil. In addition to flirting with her very prominently, he also sees that she understands him and can have and hold real conversations. Seymour feels as if he can relate to Sybil because both are/feel abandoned by their family. The two talk and go in the water, but after a while Sybil decides to leave and go back to society. Now Seymour is alone again where there is nobody left that understands him. He walks back into his hotel, takes his gun out of his suitcase, and blows his brains out in his hotel room with his sleeping wife. He commits suicide because he feels like there is nowhere left in the world where people understand him.
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