In a message dated 97-12-09 01:37:03 EST, you write: << It's very funny that you quote that line because that bible passage is also used in 'Pulp Fiction' and I was thinking that the discussion of who the Catcher is in CITR reminds me of the monologue that Samuel L. Jackson does in 'Pulp Fiction' where he tries to decide whether he's the weak, the shepard, or the tyranny of evil men. Peggy >> That's a pretty cool comparison there, between Who is the Catcher and Sam Jackson's monologue at the end of Pulp Fiction :) I thought the point of Jackson's statements was that he had to decide for himself... Jim PS the Biblical quote used by Jackson in Pulp Fiction is made up--I think a couple words actually do come from Ez 25:17 (that's what he called it, right?), but the rest is a hodgepodge of a number of passages.