Posted by uReflection in a Spoon on July 24, 19100 at 20:21:58:

In Reply to: Franny's Motivation posted by Cinder on May 20, 19100 at 19:19:38:

"All I know is that I'm losing my mind...I'm just sick of ego, ego, ego, mine and everyone else's. I'm sick of everybody that wants to go somewhere, do something distinguished. It's disgusting--it is, it is. I don't care what anybody else says."
p28-29

"...I got the idea in my head...that college was just one more dopey, inane place in the world devoted to piling up treasure on earth and everything. I mean treasure is treasure, for heaven's sake...what's the difference whether the treasure is money, or property, or even culture, or just plain knowledge--when it's knowledge for knowledge's sake, anyway--is the worst of all...I don't think it would have got me quite so down if just once in a while...there was osme polite little prefunctory 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 hints dropped on the campus that wisdom is supposed to be the goal of knowledge...Four years of college, almost! I'm not saying that this happens to everybody, but I just get so upset thinking about it that I could die." p. 146-147

Follow Ups:

Post a Followup

Name:
E-Mail:

Subject:

Comments:
: : "All I know is that I'm losing my mind...I'm just sick of ego, ego, ego, mine and everyone else's. I'm sick of everybody that wants to go somewhere, do something distinguished. It's disgusting--it is, it is. I don't care what anybody else says." : p28-29 : "...I got the idea in my head...that college was just one more dopey, inane place in the world devoted to piling up treasure on earth and everything. I mean treasure is treasure, for heaven's sake...what's the difference whether the treasure is money, or property, or even culture, or just plain knowledge--when it's knowledge for knowledge's sake, anyway--is the worst of all...I don't think it would have got me quite so down if just once in a while...there was osme polite little prefunctory 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 hints dropped on the campus that wisdom is supposed to be the goal of knowledge...Four years of college, almost! I'm not saying that this happens to everybody, but I just get so upset thinking about it that I could die." p. 146-147

Optional Link URL:
Link Title:
Optional Image URL:

---

[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Franny and Zooey Lecture Hall ] [ The Jolly Roger ]
[ The World's Largest Literary Cafe ]


[The Jolly Roger][Kill Devil Hill][Western Canon University]
[Starbuck.com Literary Pirates Cove][Shakespearean Greetings]
[Western Canon University Commons] [Western Canon University Lecture Halls]
[The Crow's Nest] [J.D. Salinger Commons] Franny and Zooey, Phoebe,Mr. Antolini, Stradlater, The Catcher in The Rye,The Catcher in The Rye, Franny and Zooey, Franny, Zooey, J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in The Rye, Holden Caufield, Stradlater, Jane Gallagher, Mr. Antolini, Phoebe, Holden Caufield , The Catcher in The Rye, J.D. Salinger, Stradlater, , , J.D. Salinger, Stradlater, Franny, Zooey, J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in The Rye, Holden Caufield, Stradlater, Jane Gallagher, Mr. Antolini, Phoebe, Holden Caufield , The Catcher in The Rye