Re: Franny's demise.

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Quite possibly it's the ambiguity of Franny that makes her spiritual
questing exciting...I'm also wondering this for a change...what if both
are right?  Why can't one be sick from child/and seeking god at the same
time? will

On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, MEPIERCE wrote:

> Jake McHenry wrote:
> > 
> > So is there any sort of collected opinion regarding Franny's situation.
> > (Emotional and physical.) A friend of mine (we all have one like her) cannot
> > believe that Franny was not pregnant based on the way she was acting.
> >
> 
> I strongly disagree with your friend.  Only the symptoms you mention
> refer to a possible pregnancy. Nothing else in the story points to this
> scenario.  Why can't readers accept  that her spiritual angst promts her
> fainting and vomiting? For those in just such a crises--those who are
> fed up with section-men and loathsome little frat toads like Lane--those
> who feel like lone pilgrims looking for hope among the chaos  and
> vacuousness (is that a word? i hope it's a word--it's a damn good
> one)--for those persons, Franny's physical demise does not need a
> biological explanation.
> 
> -- 
> M.E. Pierce
> Dept. of English, SFASU
> http://TITAN.SFASU.EDU/~f_pierceme/
> "Are you a nobody too?" --The Belle of Amherst
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