Re: franny & zooey

From: Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu>
Date: Mon Oct 28 2002 - 22:15:08 EST

Ah, Salinger just lost track of details :). So what? :)

Jim

m e g h a n wrote:

> I agree with you. Just to answer your question, the critics said things such
> as "Franny in 'Franny' does not mention any siblings," and "In 'Franny' it
> says that 'The Way of the Pilgrim' came from the school library, in 'Zooey,'
> it is said that it came from Seymour's room." It doesn't make sense to me,
> and obviously not to anyone else on this list.
>
> Meghan
>
> >From: Jaime Stallard <stallard@SLU.EDU>
> >Reply-To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
> >To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
> >Subject: Re: franny & zooey
> >Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 01:25:45 -0800
> >
> >Maybe I just have a very limited understanding of the two stories, but I
> >can't see how the Franny in "Franny" is not the Franny in "Zooey". I
> >haven't
> >read them in a while but, to me, it does not even seem possible to seperate
> >the Frannys. I wondering on what grounds these critics suggested that the
> >Frannys were not the same person? Did they have anything to support these
> >ideas? It's an interesting suggestion but it seems very unlikely to me.
> >
> >---Jaime
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "m e g h a n" <bedroomdancing@hotmail.com>
> >To: <bananafish@roughdraft.org>
> >Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 5:58 PM
> >Subject: franny & zooey
> >
> >
> > > So, to bring the list back to a Salinger related topic...
> > >
> > > I've read a few reviews/critiques/whatever on "Franny" and on "Zooey." A
> >few
> > > of them have made the point that just because the two stories are
> >grouped
> > > together in a book, it doesn't mean that the Franny in "Franny" and the
> > > Franny in "Zooey" are the same person. I was just wondering what
> >everyone
> > > else's opinions are on this subject.
> > >
> > > Meghan
> > >
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