In most of Salinger's writing, he uses the Glass family as his characters. The Glass family consists of Seymour Glass, Boo Boo Glass, Buddy Glass, Walter Glass, Waker Glass, Zooey Glass, Franny Glass, (children oldest to youngest), Bessie Glass (mother), and Les Glass (father). The Glass family are a part of every one of Salinger's writings. Also, in Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction, Buddy Glass claims authorship of all those not containing the Glass family as characters.
All of the short stories written by J.D. Salinger are connected by the Glass family. For example, in "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" Seymour Glass commits suicide. Then in Franny and Zooey, Franny is reading Seymour's diary, who had passed away months before the writing of Franny and Zooey. Then, in Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour; An Introduction, Buddy Glass is writing and dedicating the entire story to his late brother, Seymour. So all of the short stories by J.D. combine to make one large story about the Glass family.
All of the short stories written by J.D. Salinger are connected by the Glass family. For example, in "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" Seymour Glass commits suicide. Then in Franny and Zooey, Franny is reading Seymour's diary, who had passed away months before the writing of Franny and Zooey. Then, in Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour; An Introduction, Buddy Glass is writing and dedicating the entire story to his late brother, Seymour. So all of the short stories by J.D. combine to make one large story about the Glass family.