Re: ZOOEYCAM

Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Tue, 23 Feb 1999 14:33:49 +1100 

`Franny' and `Zooey' are such different kinds of stories that it's almost
bizarre to put them into the same book together. `Franny' is so tightly
constructed while `Zooey' is circuititous - some would say meandering - to
the point of self indulgence. Personally, the former is my preferred story
but the character of Zooey is unforgettable too. Although I like things
from what could be labeled Salinger's Rambly Period (: - i.e. during and
post S:AI - it's a shame in some ways that the man who had demonstrated
himself such a master craftsman of the short story genre in some of the
Nine Stories should make no concessions at all to the genre. And you're
right in not feeling any sort of `ending' - although some would say the
same for `Catcher', too. Or rather, that it ends and then seems to begin
again.

Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
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> Yeah, keeping your Franny and Zooey thesis centered on religion is pretty
> well no - miss.  But there are a few directions you can take that...
> 
> I personally think Salinger got sick of writing the freaking thing by the
> time he got to the end :)
> 
> Jim
> 
> On Sun, 21 Feb 1999 18:52:26 -0500 (EST) OnyxLust@aol.com writes:
> >Hi!
> >  I finished Franny and Zooey last night, and it really surprised me, 
> >because
> >well, it ended. Usually towards the close of a book I get a feeling of
> >finality. This time, I was expecting at least twenty pages more of 
> >Zooey
> >explaining the Fat Lady, especially since he seemed to be perfectly 
> >willing to
> >largely expound on every other topic, or as Franny put it "He has 
> >about forty
> >definitions for everything!" And I was really getting into it, then, 
> >it ended.
> >Kind of frustrating, perhaps I'll reread it. Does Salinger go into 
> >anymore
> >about Seymour's Fat Lady? I thought Franny was the easier read, but 
> >enjoyed
> >Zooey's character much more. Is that how everyone else thought? I'm 
> >supposed
> >to come up with a thesis statement of the book, at I think it's going 
> >to be
> >centered on religion...
> >
> >~Megan
> >
> 
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