tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402212278185378727.post992328976456874756..comments2023-11-03T06:08:33.483-07:00Comments on 2013 - My Year In Books: 17: Franny and Zooey - J. D. SalingerBrittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505849394031450120noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402212278185378727.post-79338216165936915222013-06-18T11:34:31.380-07:002013-06-18T11:34:31.380-07:00Randy, I think that whole bit was actually one of ...Randy, I think that whole bit was actually one of my least favorite parts of the book. I totally get that frustration with the purpose of education - I am a teacher after all - but I don't feel like JDS had his characters give me any understanding of what the difference between knowledge and wisdom is supposed to be from Franny's point of view. I have my own ideas, but what is she supposed to be talking about? Since he leaves it a little ambiguous, I feel like JDS can't articulate it himself, or he wants to leave Franny young and tortured, which makes me feel a little too old for her. <br /><br />Alternately, maybe I am totally missing something? Brittanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11505849394031450120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402212278185378727.post-54052370016165242272013-06-18T11:31:44.952-07:002013-06-18T11:31:44.952-07:00After a not-so-great experience with The Catcher i...After a not-so-great experience with The Catcher in the Rye and an indifferent experience with Bananfish (because it was mentioned in the YA novel Hard Love) I hadn't been compelled to read any other JDS. Now I will probably push the others a little higher on the list.<br />Brittanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11505849394031450120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402212278185378727.post-34591174037560936742013-06-11T09:04:31.527-07:002013-06-11T09:04:31.527-07:00Disagree. F&Z is secretly the best of the thr...Disagree. F&Z is secretly the best of the three. Although, I love RHRBC. My favorite line from RHRBC: Sometimes when I leave, I have a peculiar feeling that both M. and her mother have stuffed my pockets with little bottles and tubes containing lipstick, rouge, hair nets, deodorants, and so on. I feel overwhelmingly grateful to them, but I don't know what to do with their invisible gifts.<br /><br />One of my favorites from F&Z: I don't think it would have all got me quite so down if just once in a while--just once in a while--there was at least some polite little perfunctory implication that knowledge should lead to wisdom, and that if it doesn't, it's just a disgusting waste of time! But there never is! You never even hear any hits dropped on a campus that wisdom is supposed to be the goal of knowledge. You hardly even hear the word 'wisdom' mentioned! Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977189004050200033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402212278185378727.post-81348148962994970672013-06-09T19:52:12.663-07:002013-06-09T19:52:12.663-07:00Love this one. Have you read Raise High the Roof ...Love this one. Have you read Raise High the Roof Beam? It's secretly the best of the three.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500451355263180972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402212278185378727.post-88539260203425533272013-06-04T20:39:02.622-07:002013-06-04T20:39:02.622-07:00I remember really liking this book. Good luck with...I remember really liking this book. Good luck with what's left of a year of reading!Carlton Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06360079030793109075noreply@blogger.com