In Denial, Bibliophile.

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onethousandbookproject: #40: J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey Franny and Zooey, consisting of a short story and a novella, revolves around the two youngest children of the Glass family, various members of which also appear in Salinger’s Nine Stories, Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenters, and Seymour: An Introduction. The intricacies of Franny’s emotional breakdown are well documented in the first section of Franny and Zooey; the latter section relays the Glass family’s reactions to Franny’s quiet pain unravelling on the family couch. As readers, we bear witness to Mama Glass’s attempts to alternatively feed her chicken broth and get one of her other children to help the youngest. Zooey, the main recipient of Mama Glass’s protests, complaints, and guilt tripping, makes every attempt to fix the situation through dialogue, which often turn into diatribes, causing Franny more emotional pain. One of the most interesting concepts that Salinger introduces in the work is Zooey’s argument that their (Franny’s and Zooey’s) problems in the world stem from the special education that the two received from the eldest 2 siblings—Seymour and Buddy. Zooey believes that their incredible intelligence, specially cultivated by their brothers, has permanently disabled the both himself and Franny from experiencing joy or happiness. 

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#40: J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

Franny and Zooey, consisting of a short story and a novella, revolves around the two youngest children of the Glass family, various members of which also appear in Salinger’s Nine Stories, Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenters, and Seymour: An Introduction. The intricacies of Franny’s emotional breakdown are well documented in the first section of Franny and Zooey; the latter section relays the Glass family’s reactions to Franny’s quiet pain unravelling on the family couch. As readers, we bear witness to Mama Glass’s attempts to alternatively feed her chicken broth and get one of her other children to help the youngest. Zooey, the main recipient of Mama Glass’s protests, complaints, and guilt tripping, makes every attempt to fix the situation through dialogue, which often turn into diatribes, causing Franny more emotional pain. One of the most interesting concepts that Salinger introduces in the work is Zooey’s argument that their (Franny’s and Zooey’s) problems in the world stem from the special education that the two received from the eldest 2 siblings—Seymour and Buddy. Zooey believes that their incredible intelligence, specially cultivated by their brothers, has permanently disabled the both himself and Franny from experiencing joy or happiness. 

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