A Perfect Day for Bananafish
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A Perfect Day for Bananafish is a seminal short story by J.D. Salinger that introduces Seymour Glass and explores themes of postwar trauma, innocence, and alienation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Perfect Day for Bananafish canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: A Perfect Day for Bananafish Context triple: [Nine Stories, hasStory, A Perfect Day for Bananafish]
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A.
Play It As It Lays
"Play It As It Lays" is a solo album by American singer-songwriter Patti Scialfa, blending rock, folk, and Americana influences with introspective, character-driven songwriting.
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B.
The Violent Bear It Away
The Violent Bear It Away is a Southern Gothic novel by Flannery O'Connor that explores themes of faith, prophecy, and destiny through the story of a young boy grappling with his religious calling in the rural American South.
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C.
At the Hemingways
"At the Hemingways" is a memoir by Marcelline Hemingway that offers an intimate portrait of the Hemingway family and her brother, writer Ernest Hemingway.
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D.
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky is a 1990 film adaptation of Paul Bowles’ novel, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and produced by Jeremy Thomas, that follows an American couple’s existential journey across North Africa after World War II.
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E.
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night is a 1934 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that portrays the glamorous yet tragic lives of an American psychiatrist and his wife on the French Riviera.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Perfect Day for Bananafish Target entity description: A Perfect Day for Bananafish is a seminal short story by J.D. Salinger that introduces Seymour Glass and explores themes of postwar trauma, innocence, and alienation.
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A.
Play It As It Lays
"Play It As It Lays" is a solo album by American singer-songwriter Patti Scialfa, blending rock, folk, and Americana influences with introspective, character-driven songwriting.
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B.
The Violent Bear It Away
The Violent Bear It Away is a Southern Gothic novel by Flannery O'Connor that explores themes of faith, prophecy, and destiny through the story of a young boy grappling with his religious calling in the rural American South.
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C.
At the Hemingways
"At the Hemingways" is a memoir by Marcelline Hemingway that offers an intimate portrait of the Hemingway family and her brother, writer Ernest Hemingway.
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D.
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky is a 1990 film adaptation of Paul Bowles’ novel, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and produced by Jeremy Thomas, that follows an American couple’s existential journey across North Africa after World War II.
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E.
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night is a 1934 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that portrays the glamorous yet tragic lives of an American psychiatrist and his wife on the French Riviera.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | J. D. Salinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedIn |
For Esmé—with Love and Squalor, and Other Stories (UK edition of Nine Stories)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nine Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSymbol | bananafish ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| criticalReputation |
one of Salinger’s most acclaimed short stories
ⓘ
seminal work of J. D. Salinger ⓘ |
| endingType | tragic ending ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Muriel Glass
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seymour Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ Sybil Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| hasDialogueBetween |
Muriel Glass and her mother
ⓘ
Seymour Glass and Sybil Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
childhood innocence contrasted with adult corruption
ⓘ
consumer culture ⓘ veteran’s mental health ⓘ |
| influenced | later depictions of postwar alienation in American fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Muriel Glass
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Seymour Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ Sybil Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of psychological effects of war
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introduction of Seymour Glass ⓘ use of understated dialogue ⓘ |
| originalTitle | A Perfect Day for Bananafish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Glass family saga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistStatus | Seymour Glass as a World War II veteran ⓘ |
| publicationDate | January 31, 1948 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstMagazinePublication | The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| settingLocation | a Florida beach resort ⓘ |
| symbolism | bananafish as a symbol of spiritual and material excess ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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communication breakdown ⓘ innocence ⓘ materialism ⓘ postwar trauma ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | shortly after World War II ⓘ |
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