Unnamed Jews

When in Chapter 6 Chick Mallison and his uncle Gavin have a conversation about the man Linda Snopes married, neither of them ever once explicitly uses the word 'Jewish' or gives Chick's anti-Antisemitism a name. However, Gavin's insistence that Chick pronounce Linda's husband's name "Kohl" rather than "Cole" leads Chick create the composite character in this entry: why, he wonders, didn't Barton Kohl didn't change his name; "dont they, usually?" (122). This comment provokes Gavin to wonder where his nephew "found that" - i.e. acquired this prejudice about 'them' (123). Although Chick's "they" is a very insubstantial 'character' and Chick himself is "ashamed" of his attitude (123), it seems clear that Chick's "they" should be included in the novel's cast of characters.