In a message dated 98-01-02 13:36:32 EST, you write: << as much as I adore teenage opinions and ideas (I'm a teen, so naturally...), we are NOT the wisest of people even though we may think so. >> I completely agree with you on that point, but it seems to me that teens may have somewhat, or somehow, inciteful views on Salinger, and his characters (especially Holden, knowing where he's coming from).