Reflection Of Fanny And Zooey

It is clear that Francie loves Johnny more than anyone else in the world, nevertheless, she owes her motherly attributes to Sissy Rommely. Sissy, Francie’s aunt, is kind and caring toward all people regardless of the age, race or gender. Francie and all who know Sissy view Sissy as a mother figure, despite her promiscuous reputation. Francie believes that Sissy is loose with men because of her determination to give as much as she can to anyone. Francie adores Sissy, and Sissy’s maternal actions are the inspiration to Francie’s fantasies about starting a family of her own. Sissy makes frequent visits to the Nolan house and constantly checks on the children’s well-being, just as a mother would watch over her own children. If someone mistreats one of the children, such as Francie’s elementary school teacher, Sissy makes sure to give them a piece of her mind. Sissy’s protective nature of the Nolan children shows Francie the lifestyle of a caring mother.

In effect, Alvy attempts to help himself and his family cope with the loss of a family member, Liz. Furthermore, Liz’s beat friend Zooey blames herself for the Liz’s death. This is shown during Zooey’s conversation on the phone, “I mean, if he hadn’t asked me to the prom, I wouldn’t have told Liz to meet me at the mall, and she wouldn’t be… [dead]” (Zevin 192) and during school, Zooey “speaks regularly about [Liz] with Edward, Liz’s ex-boyfriend” (Zevin 198). In a way, when Zooey grief about Liz’s death, by talking about her regularly, and blaming herself for Liz’s death; it is her way of coping with life. Ultimately, the people who were dear to Liz must cope with her passing, in any

As Franny is observant, she is also over dramatic. Her emotions convey this beautifully on page 39 when she feels betrayed by Margie for going over the Gale’s house instead of hers. Franny and Gale don’t have anything against each other yet so Margie was just visiting another friend. Franny is being overdramatic even though the two live in a close proximity and are best friends so it isn’t like they never see each other. With these emotions of betrayal, Franny is not mentally allowing Margie to have many close friendships with any other classmates and is getting in the way of her own friendship. While Franny’s emotions can show a great deal about her being over dramatic, her words can as well.After Uncle Otts episode, Franny claims she is “embarrassed for life.” (49). Franny believes that everyone who knows her and her family are going to gossip about the episode at the dinner table and it will reflect badly on her. Franny doesn’t realize that Uncle Otts breakdown doesn’t reflect badly on her but only Otts since she wasn’t the one having the episode and was only a bystander. She even hid herself from the public so they couldn’t see her at all since she was hiding from Otts. Now words are just spoken thoughts and the final instance of Franny being over dramatic is seen through her thoughts. On page 109, Franny thinks the reason Mrs. R’s explanation of the science fair project doesn’t make sense is because Mrs. R hates her. Franny is taking this way too

This paper is a book report on “Living Buddha, Living Christ,” written by, Thich Nhat Hanh. In this paper I will discuss the four themes; Mindfulness, Understanding, Interbeing, and Wisdom. I will define the themes, and explain how each theme listed is a part of my life and whether this theme, can be co-related along with my faith.

In Larissa Macfarquhar’s book, Strangers Drowning, she provides character studies of various real-life extreme do-gooders and of some could be considered moral saints. One of them is a Buddhist monk, Nemoto, who dedicates his life to a cause of helping people who want to commit suicide. He is a moral saint in the sense that he draws no barrier for when this work ends and begins. He works tirelessly by taking on the suffering of these individuals he is trying to help, taking calls any hour of the day or night, and helping anyone who wants it. He learns a very important aspect that actually changes the empathy he feels into a separation of himself an the other. In order for him to help, and truly help, he needed to stop empathizing so much and start sympathizing with emotional distance from the other. This is a similar concept in the Bodhisattva method because while empathy breaks a barrier between ‘self’ and an ‘other’, it makes working for their benefit nearly impossible. The

The novella, “Zooey,” begins with the youngest male of the Glass family reading a letter that was written to him by Buddy, his elder brother. Buddy tells Zooey of a chance encounter that he had with a little girl at the butcher shop. In his conversation with the girl, Buddy discovers she has two boyfriends. He asks her for their names, to which she replies, “Bobby and Dorothy” (64). Her reply is what motivates Buddy to write his letter to Zooey. He reminds his younger brother, “that all legitimate religious study must lead to unlearning the differences, the illusory differences, between boys and girls, animals and stones, day and night, heat and cold” (67-68). In Buddy’s eyes, the little girl’s reply represents this ideology. She doesn’t recognize that there is a difference between Bobby and Dorothy; she just knows that they are her “boyfriends.” The butcher shop anecdote is

The tragic events of Francine Cournos memoir begins when she was three years old when she lost her father from cerebral hemorrhage. For some children this would be enough to permanently damage the psyche of a child, but when Francine was five she lost her grandfather to hemorrhaging and then when she eleven she also lost her mother after a long battle with breast cancer. This forced her sister and her to live with their grandmother, who was rapidly approaching senility. Francine and her sister, Alexis, being under their grandmothers care lasted until she couldn 't manage it anymore, which was about two years. Afterwards their extended family gave away both of them to the sometimes vicious foster care system. To Francine this was the most traumatic event of them all and

In the historical fiction novel Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson it is about how twelve-year-old Lafayette and his two brothers Ty’ree and Charlie have to cope with both of their parents death and make do with nothing but each other. Both of the brothers, Ty’ree and Lafayette play a significant role in their parents death. Tyree, the eldest Bailey brother was a witness to his father's death he was incapable of saving him. Lafayette, the youngest brother was in a similar situation with his mother, that if he had reacted differently he could have saved her. These experiences are similar and different from those of their brother Charlie, who was not there for either of their parents death. All of the brothers feelings can be greatly affected

Nick’s states his reflection in his experience in The Great Gatsby by saying, “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” In this sentence, Nick connects his experience in New York and most importantly, his experience being Gatsby’s friend. Further, the last line is a metaphor. Nick compares human beings to boats moving towards a current that flows the other way. He explains the dreams of the future, pulled back by the anchors of the past. With respect to Gatsby, he chased his own dreams as a young man which gave him his wealth. But then he meets Daisy and finds her in the future, he gains his anchor around his life and it ultimately leads to his untimely demise. Additionally, this last line also represents the ill-fated reality of chasing a dream. An example is Gatsby, who had everything, but was not able to transcend the rules of time between him and Daisy. Even with his accomplishments, his money, his parties, his love for Daisy, he still failed to repeat the past as he so passionately tried.

The speaker started the service by speaking about Buddha as a philosopher, not God. This Buddhist temple practices Theravada, and bows to 3 things: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Theravada is one of the four types of Buddhism. The other three types are Mahayana, Tibetan, and Zen/Chan. Buddhism exemplifies as a very pragmatic religion (The Four Noble Truths). “The followers take joy in a straight-forward approach to life, and they do not indulge in metaphysical speculation about first causes. As most religion have a theology and worship a deity, Buddhists do not have one. This religion believes that it is impossible to make a permanent relationship with anything because the world is constantly changing” (The Four Noble Truths).

When Zooey goes to Seymour and Buddy’s room he reads the quotes on the bulletin board of favorite books. In this room there are many quotes from the spiritual classics the children thrived on. Books of literature and spirituality become a metaphor for the higher life of imagination and seeking that the children shared. Zooey claims that Franny did not get The Way of a Pilgrim from the library, but from Seymour’s desk. This makes Franny upset because these books containing a beautiful world that sustained her and her siblings at home are destroyed in college by academic analysis. The telephone on Buddy’s desk that belonged to

In the beginning of the book, it shows that Franny's boyfriend, Lane, has the biggest ego in the book. The course to Buddhist "no-knowledge" is very difficult to do. The person would have to let go of their personal ego and selfish concerns to reach open minded beauty. Franny dislikes her professors at her school because they are absorbed in their own egos, and whatever detachment they have is and detachment from humanity. Buddhists try to get rid of their negativity ego and gain up the positive part of the ego. Zooey tells Franny she has to act, as that is her God-given talent, and use her ego as best she can. Franny cannot let the negative part of her ego interfere by making her criticize the other actors. Instead, she must focus

In America, around twenty out of one hundred teenagers struggle with depression, and almost thirty percent will go untreated. J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye shines light on a young adolescent named Holden, calling awareness to his inner turmoil. Holden Caulfield might appear as the typical pessimistic teenager, however, he has a bad past that thrusts him into adulthood he never wanted. After the death of his little brother Allie, Holden fell into a dark hole and only keeps falling down further. Without any true role models, Holden is unequipped to handle his grief and refused to accept the past, depending on others for emotional support they are unable to give. Throughout the book, Holden's grapples with Allie’s death and searches for an eventual escape from his depression, causing him to grow as an individual. JD Salinger uses the symbol of rain to represent Holden's past, revealing that his journey through depression is rooted in his inability to move forward after Allie's death.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald follows a wide ranging cast of characters, each with unique qualities, and almost entirely made up wealth. From Tom and Daisy to Jay Gatsby himself, readers follow the story of money and its side effects on how people think, act, and behave. Told by Nick, a member of the middle class, readers are able to see through Fitzgerald's eyes on opinions such as the pursuit of wealth and why it is a useless path to follow.

In a way, they are all connected through Sophie's life experiences. There are forces behind all of the philosophy lessons, as well as in Sophie's life. These forces are able to influence and adjust how you view the world around you.