Quarter Two: Blog 9

Since Aaron feels neglected by his family, he decides to rebel against them- his father in particular. Aaron realizes that when he walks into synagogue he no longer feels like "a prince beholding the kingdom he's about to inherit" (82). He realizes that he didn't "shop around for religions," he "bought Judaism without consulting the side of the box" (79). So, in order to keep himself from a devastating realization that Judaism is not the religion for him later in life, Aaron decides to test out other religions.

The religion Aaron picks first is Christianity. He pages through the yellow pages and finds that there are many, many different types of churches. Roman Catholicism stuck out to him the most, so he picked a church in a nearby town and left the following Sunday. Aaron was paranoid about going to church the second he got into his car. He had to park his car in the parking lot of the strip mall next to the church so that no one would see his car in the church lot. When he sat down in the pew, he was terrified that someone would figure out he was a Jew and that he would be kicked out of the church. Instead of being reprimanded when he incorrectly anticipates a kneel as he feared, the woman next to him turned and warmly smiled at him. Aaron begins to believe that maybe, Christianity isn't completely wrong for him.