>Salinger seems to be applying it to Holden himself. It's as if he sets up a >multitude of tests for Holden; little koans to solve on his journey. He got >it right all along, rejected Sally Hayes, was nice to the nuns, didn't >sleep with the prostitute To be fair, I think he would've slept with the prostitute, had he not, um, been "premature in my calculations", if ya know what he means. Thor _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com