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Title: Spiritual birth or also pregnant with child ??
Review: Salinger has left us to decide whether Franny is pregnant with child or just spiritual birth but the clues are there. First in her letter to Lane she mentions in the postscript that her mother isn't mad and therefore not aware that he'd snuck into the Glass apartment one Friday night weeks before. Secondly he plans to sneak up to her room that night. What better parallel development than a child growing within her during her spiritual awakening ?? Is there no possibility that the physical symptoms are hormonal changes brought on by pregnancy ?? Is Salinger's writing so one-dimensional he'd only provide the "hit me over the head" spirituality theme in the novel ?? I personally believe the "Franny" section was a masterwork while the "Zooey" section was down a level. Taken as a whole it's a beautifully crafted story with engaging characters leaving no doubt of Salingers gift for the writing craft.
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