It is said that lust and greed make a person blind to what surrounds them, while innocence makes a person’s eyes wide open. It is unfortunate that children are the only ones who carry innocence with them. They are not blind to what surrounds them, but instead of judging as an adult would do, they accept it for what it is. Salinger showcases a young girl by the name of Sybil Carpenter in, A Perfect Day for Bananafish, as a source of innocence in this world full of greed and lust. To Seymour, a man who returns scarred from his experience in war and is now psychologically distressed from the materialistic and superficial world he returns to, Sybil is beacon of light. Seymour tries to find his refuge in Sybil’s innocence, and tries to hide himself
