Re: Pregnant Franny?
WinBoogie@aol.com
Mon, 16 Feb 1998 18:14:48 -0500 (EST)
For the record, I'm staying out this "debate" this time. I said my
piece (peace?) on this topic some time ago. Despite my rather loud (and
annoyingly grating, too) internal warnings about this topic, I firmly
believe that Franny was not pregnant. no matter what Mr. Updike (whom I
haven't read enough of to judge) may or may not have written or said.
Don't ask me, I'm not participtating this time!
I'm the horrible person who made the initial posting Friday, only because
I was looking through the archives and saw a passing mention of "pregnant
Franny" Updike is the only fool I'd ever seen advance this idea. I was
looking to see if someone could give me a reasonable explanation, because
Updike's was crap.
At this point I'm nearly sorry I brought it up, as it's disintegrating into
a lot of What if's and perhaps, if it was me, Lane might be a really good guy
etc.etc.
My point of view is that if this is a story about unwanted pregnancy, it's
not half the story I think it is. It's no "Hills Like White Elephants" for
instance. I didn't mean to restart an old debate. Perhaps we can start
speculation about the lost Waker Glass stories or something. Nearly, sorry I
brought it up.
Robert