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D. Maclaughlan wrote:
> You also cease to make judgments about the world, an =
affliction from=20
which both Franny and Zooey suffer. If Franny was =
devouring "The Way=20
of the Pilgrim" so voraciously, she would have read its =
confirmation: "He=20
who has attained a genuine prayer love no longer puts =
things into=20
categories. He does not separate the righteous from the =
sinners, but=20
loves all equally and does not judge them, just as God =
gives the sun=20
to shine and the rain to fall both on the just and the =
unjust".=20
Reading "Franny" and then "Zooey", I don't get the sense =
that=20
Salinger sufficiently emphasizes this point, (I may have =
missed it---=20
I've been reading "F & Z" several times a year since =
1969, but like=20
the prayer itself it may have become too automatic to me =
to allow=20
> new revelations to register).
=20
Isn't that Zooey's precise point? The whole purpose of Zooey's =
creation is to refute Franny's views? He says that every one is =
Seymour's Fat Lady - Christ. Salinger pulled a Kierkegaard.=20
> Otherwise her ardent attempts to reach satori =
and see God seem=20
curiously misplaced. That itself is desire, and I'm not =
sure I understand=20
why it's all right to say the prayer with such a =
transparent goal in mind.=20
And until I read more about the nature of the prayer and =
the way it's=20
been used across millennia, I focused less on the =
process and more=20
> on the prayer's objective...which I sense now was =
wrong.=20
Here, I'd like to add a small, "Right On," coming from my =
general direction of the background. Nice. =20
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D. Maclaughlan = wrote:
> You also cease to make judgments about the =
world, an=20
affliction from =
=20
which both Franny =
and Zooey=20
suffer. If Franny was devouring "The Way=20
of the Pilgrim" so voraciously, she =
would have=20
read its confirmation: "He=20
categories. He does not separate the =
righteous from=20
the sinners, but =
=20
loves all equally =
and does not=20
judge them, just as God gives the sun=20
to shine and the rain to fall both on the =
just and the=20
unjust".
Reading "Franny" and then =
"Zooey",=20
I don't get the sense that=20
Salinger sufficiently emphasizes this =
point, (I may=20
have missed it--- =
=20
I've been reading =
"F &=20
Z" several times a year since 1969, but like=20
the prayer itself it may have become too =
automatic to=20
me to allow =
> =20
new revelations to=20
register).
Isn't that Zooey's precise point? = The=20 whole purpose of Zooey's creation is to = refute=20 Franny's views? He says that every one is Seymour's Fat = Lady -=20 Christ. Salinger pulled a = Kierkegaard.
=> =
=20
Otherwise her ardent =
attempts to=20
reach satori and see God seem=20
why it's all right to say the prayer with =
such a=20
transparent goal in mind.
And until I read more about the nature of =
the prayer=20
and the way it's =
=20
been used across =
millennia, I=20
focused less on the process and more
=20
> on the prayer's objective...which I sense now was =
wrong.=20
Here, I'd like to add a small, "Right On," coming = from my=20 general direction of the background. =20 = Nice.