The Topic of Religion in Our Books

Although my book is not about religion, the topic of religion is consistently being brought up. Religion is first brought up when the main character was whistling an old Nazi song, when a boy from France overheard and was offended. Later the main character struggles to relate with his roommate who is Jewish. The main character's father was Jewish and struggles with deciding if he should tell his roommate that he shares a common religion or if he would not mention it. This situation takes place on page 72, "Because of this association, when Bill flashed the word I became instantly conscious of his Jewishness, and all more so because he kept to himself... He knew I'd caught on to his Jewishness, but he wasn't aware of mine, such as it was." This passage sums up the issue of religion as a sub plot in the book Old School.