Actually, I think those are pretty good reasons for doing things and I have lot more respect for that than for those who act for no considered reason at all. I abandoned Catholicism at age 12 for that reason precisely, if you want to know the truth. So why the "so there"? Seems like a bit of a non sequitur. I don't recall if any of Salinger's characters were Jewish, tho. For some reason I thought the Glass family was too, but I can't recall any particular reason for thinking that and a lot of reasons not to think so... Jim > >So my mother-in-law insists upon two separate sets of cookware and my >uncle >won't answer the phone or even tear toilet paper on the Sabboth. It >all >seemed so silly at first, but they have a great need to do something >physical >that says to the world "You can't take away who I want to be." So >there. > >Question: Please remind me, were any of Salinger's characters Jewish? > > >-- >M.E. Pierce >Dept. of English, SFASU >http://TITAN.SFASU.EDU/~f_pierceme/ >"Are you a nobody too?" --The Belle of Amherst > > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.