Character Development

In all three Salanger stories, he has developed the characters so that they are similar to the characters in his other stories. In "It's a Perfect Day for Bannanfish", Seymour is a mysterious young man who has PDSD from his experiences in the war. Sybil is a young, adventurous, and creative girl. Muriel is an obnoxious, selfabsorbed, woman who love Seymour. In this story Muriel and Sybil are both affected by Seymours war experience because, for Muriel, she loses her husband when he shoots himself, and he treats Sybil strangely at the beach when he kisses her foot. It is likely that Seymour would not have done either of these things is he did not have the war dragging him down. In "Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut", Walt is this guy who died in the war and has a very strange sense of humor. Eloise loved Walt very much, but has moved on and is now unhappily married. Eloise is affected by Walt's war experiences because he died, and without him she is unhappy. Eloise's husband is also affected by the death of Walt because it means that his wife will never be totally okay again. It's almost like Eloise has PDSD from the fact that she lost the love of her life. In "Just Before the War with the Eskimos", Ginnie's sister who, according to franklin, is annoying, and full of herself, is marrying a Lietenant Commander in the Navy. She is affected because he could die, and Franklin is affected because he still has feelings for Selena's sister.

There is always a man in the war, and two people who are somehow affected by this.