Bananafish

In the short story A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J.D. Salinger, the fact that Seymour Glass is experiencing severe mental problems is undeniable. The way in which he conducts himself, and the way the order of events took place on the day of his death make for a bizarre scenario, which makes his strange sickness evident. Although he goes about his day with certain odd characteristics of his appearance and his actions, he …

…all other things in life at this point. When he looks/thinks of his feet he sees the feet of a man bludgeoned by terrifying experiences, and one who has seen too much of a materialistic world in his time. He hates the fact that he is living with all of these terrible things running through his mind at all times. These are the violent thoughts corrupting his mind, leading him to blatantly commit suicide.