<<Some very conventional appearing texts may be entirely revolutionary. I'm saying Salinger doesn't need to resort to "tricks" for there to be a contradictory meaning in his text. --Curtis>> That was exactly what I was saying, actually, and my post was not written to either agree or disagree with you. Actually, NO ONE needs to resort to any "tricks" for contradictory meanings to be present in a text, because that is the very nature of text itself... I'd just like to see someone with a monopoly on reading my post :) Jim _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]