Re: Pregnant Franny?

rebehka-christine-chrissy-meg-cramer (rcc35060@cmsu2.cmsu.edu)
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:14:46 -0600

:helena and john:

i agree with you wholeheartedly.  i myself am also a youngin born on 3/6/79
but i think alot of this and even the pregnant franny stuff hooks with the
autotelic self that mihaly csikszentmilhalyi put forward. i dont know if it
is better to have a cause to get behind or to have the inward goals that
...well that guy with the really long name that i had to look up to spell
said.  there is a lot of trash going on lately though especially here in
america because everywhere you turn someone is trying to get dirt on
someone. although in some cases it is a little justified,...but...more
often than not it goes too far. i dont know if we as a generation have been
given the gip or not..hmmm.


(1) How much do we act out Salinger characters in our own lives, and find
>>pleasure in little happenings, say, checkers, or feet in elevators?
>
i often catch myself looking at peoples feet in elevators to see if they
will notice what i am doing.  only one time did someone speak about it and
he knew the story!


< not a whole lot of things in life make sense.   but it is true that a
 spritual crisis may cause physical distress, but i dont think that that is
 what is all that is implied here.  i think that with all of this going on
 about sprituality and inner being, it is almost like there needs to be a
 link back to the physical, a reminder of grounding on earth.  if franny
 gets too introspective she will lose her rather sharp and correct point of
 view.  i think that salinger may have brought in soem ambiguious (sp?)
 physical problems to remind franny that she is Here and she cant just
 torture herself. she has to try to apply her need for spirituality to her
 life or its useless.  >>

That's pretty good...umm...whoever you are :)  I didn't see a name at the
bottom of the post, but I may be going blind.
But I like what you said.  I think it is important for Franny to remember that
she is "here" and not elsewhere, and I think that's an important component of
her inner struggle. Jim

sorry that was me. i think i forgot to sign off.  oh well.  it was just me
the new girl...chrissy @ cmsu