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1. Title: Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger 2. a. It was first published in 1961 b. I have read the Penguin Book edition from 1986 3. The Title is Franny and Zooey, because the book is about a sister and brother, who are called Franny and Zooey Glass. 4. It’s a psychological novel. 5. a. The book is set in New York City. b. The story is told in a period of two days. The story starts with Franny arriving at the station. Then she goes to diner with her boyfriend and the next day she is lying on a sofa. 6. a + b. Franny: She’s a twenty-five years old girl. She is catholic raised and she has several brothers and a sister. She and her twin brother, Zooey, are the youngest of the family. She wants to be an actress, but now she is studying. She hates the way her professors present their selves. During the story she refuses to eat and isn’t sure about anything that she learned in her live. She tries to get spiritual pureness by repeating the ‘Jesus prayer’ obsessively and by this way protest to the superficiality and corruptness of life. Zooey: He’s, logically as her twin brother, also twenty-five years old. Every time he says something he tries to be wit. He feels very close to his sister, because they w