Essays on Franny

Synopsis

Franny and Zoey were written as two different stories, the first being a short story about Franny, a college student dissatisfied with the pretentious American society as epitomized by her boyfriend, Lane. He even pretends he does not remember the letter he was just reading before the train arrived. The events of the story take place at a French restaurant where Lane takes Franny during their date, and the conversation that ensues is indicative of just how the two are different. Lane talks incessantly about his school work and assumes that Franny does not understand some of the words ...

Franny is a student aged 20 years of age, she studies at Yale College. The story begins by Franny visiting her boyfriend who studies at Harvard. It was during the annual Yale-Harvard football challenge. Immediately, Franny begins putting down and deconstructing almost everything, Lane mentions. She criticizes everything uttered by her boyfriend; the only positive thing she talks about is discussing the religious book, The Way of the Pilgrimage. The book is about as Russian peasants who learn to pray according Jesus Prayer on the bible. Franny's stand on religious matters brings light to any other Christian, who believes in ...

Zooey and Franny are two intelligent young siblings who come from one of the successful families. In spite the fact that they come from a successful family, there is nothing, which hinders them from developing a bitter, cynical view of the world that intimidates their stability of their minds. Frances is the real name given to Franny and Zachary is the real name given to Zooey. Zooey is 20 years old and his sister Franny is 25 years old, in essence, they are separated by 5 years. They two youngest children of the Glass family, which is a family of seven children ...

Some aspects are depicted from the letter. First, it is clear that Franny's writing and reading skills in English are not well developed. The letter she wrote to Lane had many grammatical problems; probably maybe English was not her first language. Secondly, the letter shows that Franny loves her boyfriend Lane. The book reflects about students who keep themselves busy during the weekend to the extent of forgetting some of the assignments. This is evident when Ray Sorenson asks Lane whether he understands about Rilke. When the train arrived, the boys kept standby to receive their friends, the book ...