Re:greetings

Hi! Welcome to the list.

I've always liked Franny too. I think that the way in which Salinger allows us to see her as a bit overblown actually increases my respect for her ideas. Whereas Seymour is set up as a an almost holy character, Franny is human enough to allow you to absorb some of her ideas. Besides, I'll always love her for her intense focus on that spot of sunlight on the tablecloth, about the size of a poker chip. And her teeth going funny on her - that used to happen to me, too.
 
Lucy-Ruth

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bananafish-digest Tuesday, November 4 2003 Volume 01 : Number 942

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Re: greetings

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Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 12:44:52 EST
From: Kgartnerborders@aol.com
Subject: greetings

Greetings to all,

I am a "English major for life" joining the list. I have taken a nasty turn
by entering the world of PR and media but, my heart remains in an ivory tower
contemplating and loving words, stories and the soul they lend life.

After many years of rereading Catcher In the Rye at least once a year I have
gone back and reread Franny & Zooey, Seymour and Intro, Raise The Roof Beams
- -- everything really -- and made the jaunt to my local library for stories
unavailable in book form. These books have healed after a really tough couple of
years -- brought me back to myself. And, of course I am enraptured with the
Glass family.

Are there any folks out there who have a huge amount of respect for Franny?
His observation about ego and folks not using their ego correctly being the
cause of so chaos in the world, well, frankly, it just put so much in
perspective.

Anyway...good Sunday morning and peace.
Kelly
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Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 09:46:22 -0500
From: "Tim O'Connor"
Subject: Re: greetings

On Sun, Nov 2, 2003, Kgartnerborders@aol.com said:

>Greetings to all,

Hi, and welcome to the list.

>I am a "English major for life" joining the list. I have taken a nasty turn
>by entering the world of PR and media but, my heart remains in an ivory
tower
>contemplating and loving words, stories and the soul they lend life.

That's OK ... lots of us do what we can to pay the bills and provide for
food! It's one of those things you can't do much about.

>Are there any folks out there who have a huge amount of respect for Franny?
>His observation about ego and folks not using their ego correctly being the
>cause of so chaos in the world, well, frankly, it just put so much in
>perspective.

I know I always had a soft spot for Franny. She is special without being
as unreal as Seymour tends to be. I think Salinger overdoes it just a
bit in being preachy -- I always have the feeling that Franny is a
ventriloquist's doll with Salinger's voice coming out -- but aside from
that I always felt there was some merit in the way Salinger used Franny
to plead for less ego. It's perhaps not very realistic in our world of
strivers and overachievers, but it sounds decent enough.

- --tim

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