Franny and Zooey as Victims :: Franny and Zooey Essays

Franny and Zooey as Victims        Were freaks,the two of us, Franny and I... and both of those       bastards argon responsible...I could murder both with prohibited batting       an eyelash... The great teachers, the great emancipators.    Childhood memories are ripples of waves crashing serenly throughout mymind.  Memories of climbing trees, playing dress-up and other fun-filledreminiscences float through these waters like drift wood.  I remembernothing but living in a joyful bliss.  My only tragdy was when Barbiesbeloved Kens head fell off.   We are all increadibly innocent as children.  We will reach out toanyones hand with out eyes fille with trust. The events of our childhooddetermines who we are, what we will be, what our future hold. For example,I have recently learned that, in many cases, an ill-treat child will issuance ina loathsome and abusive adult.  Th e process continues geeneration aftergeneration.  This is devestating because his or her child has absolutely nopower in controlling the early events of their childhood. An abused childis not at fault of the results of their childhood. A child is easilysusceptible to having the rest of his or her life ruined, such as beingemotionally scarred.   I believe this happened in Franny and Zooeys case as children. They camefrom a relatively large family, consisting of two parents and sevensiblings. The Glass children had a radio talk install called the Wise Childwhen they were younger. Such pressures put upon the children resulted inwhich Zooey calls The Wise Child complexes.  He believes that they neverreally left the air.  He believes that instead of carrying a modal(prenominal)conversation, he expound on everything and therefore, is not able to keephis mouth closed.   The two eldest siblings of the Glass children, Seymour and Buddy, haveinfluenced both Frann y and Zooey, who are the two youngest in the family.Zooey believes that it is them who have made him and Franny what they arenow, freaks.  Because Zooey believes they are responsible, he developed ahatred for his brothers.  I believe this hatred evolved from fustration.This fustration could possibly be caused from the seperation he must(prenominal) feeltowards Seymour and Buddy. Seymour commited suicide, leaving young Zooeywith unanswered questions. Buddy appears to be cutting himself off fromhis family,or even reality.  He lives as a hermit, he is locked away in acabin with neither heating, electricity, nor a phone. Seymour and Buddyhave both put themselves in the same situation toward Franny and Zooey. Itseems that Buddy does everything that Seynour did, or tries to.