Re: Franny fainting
AntiUtopia (AntiUtopia@aol.com)
Sat, 06 Dec 1997 23:19:20 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 97-12-06 23:12:06 EST, you write:
<< So Franny's fainting really doesn't have the slightest thing to do with any
physical malady she may have (let alone pregnancy), but is used so the reader
will know (when they come across this passage later on, in "Zooey") that even
though she is on the right spiritual path, she hasn't exactly got it down
just
yet. At that point in the story she didn't know how to always pray without
fainting yet.
Malcolm
>>
That was good, Malcolm. I thought part of it too was that she was pressuring
herself a great deal, not eating right, just got off a train, was bothered by
the smoke in the bar and, above all else, was stuck in a sucko relationship
and felt guilty for the feelings she had as she came to understand that.
Was the fainting the Only reason people thought she was pregnant?
Jim