The Predicament of Youth in J D Salinger Franny and Zooey
J D Salinger
religious experience
American youth fiction
Predicaments
Glass young members
spiritual values
This research deals with Salinger's concerns about predicaments of youth like Franny and her brother Zooey. Their predicaments are related to identity, family, religion, beliefs, life and death, education, source of power, and society. It illustrates adults struggle to adapt themselves to live a normal social American life. It proves necessary to balance their coexistence in a materialistic milieu to achieve spiritual peace, tranquility, and stability.