For Esmé with Love and Squalor is one of the most well known -and most loved- stories of J. D. Salinger. It is a Sergeant's retrospective on the meeting with a girl, Esme, he had before he was sent into combat. The strange, but lovingly relationship to Esme helps him to endure the squalor of war. Lack of purity and innocence in the adult world, and love to the childhood itself are the concepts behind the story. Jerome David Salinger (born January 1, 1919) is a United States author best known for The Catcher in the Rye, a classic coming-of-age story that has enjoyed enduring popularity since its publication in 1951. ...

There is an idea claims that Sergeant X and Seymour Glass are the same person but it is not widely accepted. Seymour Glass is the oldest of the J. D. Salingers fictional Glass Family and commited suicide while he was on his honeymoon. ...