Re: Pregnant Franny?
Ahimsa2000@aol.com
Sat, 14 Feb 1998 22:16:14 -0500 (EST)
Just adding another voice to the chorus. It just doesn't make any kind of
sense to suppose that Franny's troubles came about because she was pregnant,
although I believe that was the popular wisdom at the time. (I think there was
a story in the NYT noting that mothers kept their daughters from visiting Yale
boyfriends in droves just after F&Z came out.) But no -- the "Way of the
Pilgrim" stuff, the phone call from Buddy/Zooey that brings Franny serenity --
it just doesn't fit in.
As for Updike, I realize his technical competence is great, but I've never
been able to get the least bit interested in his characters.
pauline