The Catcher in the Rye

Inpyo Hong
English 9th
05/01/12
Chapter 8

The narrator walks all the way to the train station to take a train since it is too late to call a taxi. A little after he sits down on the seat, a lady comes in and sits right next to the narrator even though many of the seats were empty. The narrator thinks the lady has a sex appeal even if she is old; he says that he just loves women. The lady figures that the narrator is a student from Pencey Prep and starts a conversation about her son going to the same school. The narrator lies to the lady about his name and her son being a “hotshot” at Pencey Prep. After the conversation, the narrator and the lady start reading magazines.