Knowledge can at once be the most andleast sought after of entities. Throughout the novel Franny and Zooey, Franny Glass is engaged in a bout within, all due to her inability to separate her spiritual beliefs from her life. Following in the footsteps of her brother,Seymour, Franny begins to take measures in order to become one withherself. Deeply rooted in the storyis the premise of the importance of family. Through experience of his own, …showed first 75 words of 762 total…

…showed last 75 words of 762 total…whether it be Lane or Bessie, nobody faced Franny about her tension butZooey, he kept on until she had recovered, he cared and truly represented thethematic presence of family in the novel. Being needed in this case was a different feeling for Zooey, through hisfame he was never needed to this extent, he too was changed, no longer was hethe callous boy in the bathtub, but the big-hearted man at the other end of thephone.