Editing Franny and Zooey (section)

==Major themes==
The story reflects Salinger's known interest in Eastern religious philosophies such as [[Zen Buddhism]] and [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Advaita Vedanta]],<ref>{{cite journal |last=Elizabeth |first=N. K. |title=Salinger and the Hindu View of Life |journal=Indian Journal of American Studies |year=1987 |publisher=American Studies Research Centre}}</ref> as well as [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Christian]] spirituality. There is also a discussion of whether the book is a "mystical story" or a "love story" in the introduction to the second section, as speculated by the book's narrator, Buddy Glass (who decides it's the latter). Gerald Rosen, in his 1977 book ''Zen in the Art of J. D. Salinger'', observes that ''Franny and Zooey'' could be interpreted as a modern Zen tale, with the main character Franny progressing throughout the short story and novella from a state of ignorance to the deep wisdom of enlightenment. Jennifer Dunn, in an essay, mentioned that the “disparity between bright busy surfaces and inner emptiness” found in ''Franny and Zooey'' can be read as a metaphor for modern society.<ref>{{cite journal  | last = Dunn  | first = Jennifer  | title = Literary Contexts in Novels: J. D. Salinger's "Franny and Zooey"  | journal = Understanding Literature -- Literary Contexts in Novels  | publisher = Great Neck Publishing  | year = 2006  | url = http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/23177110  | access-date = March 13, 2012}}</ref> Carl Bode, in a [[University of Wisconsin]] journal, suggested that Salinger, while writing in ''Franny and Zooey'' that “the phoney and the genuine equally deserve our love,” found this as an answer to some of his own emotional problems.<ref>{{cite journal  | last = Bode  | first = Carl  | title = Book Reviews  | journal = Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature  | volume = 3  | issue = 1  | pages = 65–71  | publisher =  University of Wisconsin Press  | date = Winter 1962  | jstor =  1207381    | doi =  10.2307/1207381}}</ref>