Why Is This Good? episode 076: "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by J. D. Salinger

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In this episode, we discuss "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by J. D. Salinger. How can a simple presentation provide such a complex story? What's the effect of a third-person, psychically distant point of view? How do we know what a character is thinking if we never see their thoughts? What should we as writers provide for readers to see the bigger picture?
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[@robertsantana3261]

U guys rock. Why wasn’t Symour kissing that girl on the leg on the beach brought up.

[@bmaei5]

I love this short story. Remember Gordon lish eliminated all the extraneous material from carvers’s short stories. And no you do not need to lead the reader anywhere. The reader can interpret the story as she sees fit.