> > Sorry if I seem a little hostile, but Franny is one of my favorite > > characters (if not the favorite) and I can't stand Muriel. But I would > > agree that she fits into the same league as Sally Hayes, another annoying > > little girl in a late-teen body. ... which is an interesting kind of implication. That is ... Phoebes and Esmes *should* become adults eventually; that if they don't, they become Sally Hayeses? Is that what Holden is attracted to in Sally - her childlike quality? It certainly seems that way with Seymour and Muriel, especially when we think about the whole Muriel/Charlotte thing. Camille verona_beach@geocities.com @ THE ARTS HOLE www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 @ THE INVERTED FOREST www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest