Connectedness and Relationships

Paper Summary:

The paper shows how the two works, "Catcher in the Rye" and "Franny and Zooey" study the means by which the characters feign cynicism and detachment and pretend to not care at all about their relationships. The paper focuses on the characters' relationships with their siblings and shows how they learn to care for each other and respect the connection that they have, despite the conflicting self images that they carry.

From the Paper:

"Holden Caulfield, Franny, and Zooey are all immersed in a dynamic within their environments that teaches them or challenges them to have the proper connectedness, and the most efficient means of integrating and maturing into the world which they are destined to live in. The fact is, we are all born into the same world, and we must learn to co-exist in this world. The works are not so much about co-existence, as they are about the moment in people's lives where they make the conscious choice to learn to co-coexist, and be responsible for the relationships they are born into in this world thereof."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Salinger, JD. The Catcher in the Rye. Little, Brown and Company 1991 Orig 1951.
• Salinger, JD. Franny and Zooey. Back Bay Books 1991. Orig 1961

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