Alienation is so destructive in society that it forces and individual to an unthinkable escape The story A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J D Salinger explores this idea fully Seymour Glass a young World War II veteran has just been released from the military hospital and is having difficulty adjusting to normalcy in society Seymour is in a loveless marriage to his wife Muriel He cannot connect with her due to the fact that she is more interested in herself than her own husband while on their va