![]() ![]() ![]() "Anyway, so the pilgrim learns how to pray the way these very mystical persons say you should – I mean he keeps at it till he's perfected it and everything. ![]() Then he meets this person called a starets – some sort of terribly advanced religious person – and the starets tells him about a book called the Thilokalia.' "Which apparently was written by a group of terribly advanced monks who sort of advocated this really incredible method of praying." "Hold still," Lane said to a pair of frogs' legs. Salinger emphasizes the contrast in passages like this one: "All he carries with him is this knapsack filled with bread and salt. Meanwhile, Franny talks about her religious books and doesn't touch her lunch. Once their dinner finally arrives, Lane focuses on his food and eats every bite. Lane is concerned with appearances – being seen in the right place with the right kind of girl and eating the right kind of food – and Franny couldn't care less. ) This is yet another demonstration of the differences between these two. ("This is going to be a real little doll of a weekend," Lane interjects, "a chicken sandwich, for God's sake". Franny, to her date's dismay, orders a fairly ordinary chicken sandwich and glass of milk. Lane orders a sophisticated French meal: salad, snails, and frogs' legs. ![]() We start to pick up on the importance of food about halfway through "Franny," when Lane and Franny order lunch at Sickler's. ![]()
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