Salingers characters quest for happines
A recurring theme in J. D. Salinger's stories concerns people who don't fit in with the traditional American culture. His main characters are super-intelligent humans who must choose between the phony real world (American culture) and a morally-pure, "nice" world. Salinger's characters unlike the rest of society, are caught in the struggle between a superficial world and a conscious morality.. They do not conform to the material happiness; but search for a spiritual happiness. The works of J.D. Salinger show the quest for happiness through religion, loneliness, and symbolism. In “Nine Stories” Franny Glass keeps reciting the "Jesus Prayer" to cope with the suicide of her brother Seymour. This prayer serves as a means of comfort and the last hope for Franny in this situation. She would be lost if their was no prayer. Another instance of searching comfort through religion is shown in Catcher in the Rye. Holden Caufield is in despair for losing his girlfriend, so he reads a passage in the Bible. This probably helps him change his outlook on life. Holden was alone then and had no one to turn back on, until he found the Bible. In Franny and Zooey, the youngest Glass child Franny has a nervous breakdown. Influenced by Seym
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Approximate Word count = 1051
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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