She despises her conceited professors and the entire college structure. The anger Franny feels about her frustrations with Lane, however, is indicative of the rage and harsh judgments that have permeated her life lately. Then, she gets angry with herself for feeling frustrated. Lane is arrogant, which only frustrates her. Though Franny tells him she has missed him, she really doesn't mean it. Lane's decision to hide his enthusiasm hints at the deep rift between him and Franny. Franny arrives, and they set off to an expensive French restaurant for lunch Lane conceals how excited he is about their reunion. In it, she discusses her love for him, as well as a fondness for the poet Sappho.
"Franny" opens as Franny's boyfriend, Lane Coutell, also a college student, waits at the train station for her to pick him up. Zooey charts Franny's brother's attempts to help her find some sense of stability, purpose, and solace. "Franny" chronicles the title character's existential dis-ease while away at college and encountering for the first time the harsh realities of the world. Franny and Zooey are siblings, the youngest members of the fictional Glass family who figure prominently in many of Salinger's writings.
Salinger, contains two shorter works, the short story "Franny" and the novella Zooey. Franny and Zooey (1961), a work of fiction by American author J.D.
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