![]() During their lunch together, she starts to have a bit of a breakdown.Īt one point, Franny explains if it weren't so late, she'd drop her major, English. In the short story “Franny”, Franny meets her boyfriend Lane for a football weekend at his college. I even got goosebumps when her brother Zooey finally talks to Franny. And I love the Glass family and their oh-so-subtle care for one another. I love the backstreets into religion and philosophy. I love the word choice and turns of phrase and wit. I've read the book twice now and I adore it. ![]() The 1961 book comprises of a short story titled "Franny" and a novella "Zooey”. ![]() So when Zooey tries to talk Franny out of her funk, we get not only a case study of familial love but also an intellectual exploration of a spiritual crisis.įranny and Zooey are the youngest siblings of the Glass Family, characters from J.D. But unlike Holden, Franny-and her brother, Zooey-were raised on world religion by their two eldest brothers. Like a certain Holden Caulfield, Franny sees the people around her as egotistical and “phony". I’m sick of myself and everybody else that wants to make some kind of a splash. She says: I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody. ![]() College student Franny Glass is in an existential funk. ![]()
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