chapter 8,9

Part 1

Chapter 8

Holden left the Pencey and walks to the train station and catches a late train to New York. At Trenton, an attractive older woman gets on and sits next to him. She turns out to be the mother of his classmate, Ernest Morrow. He dislikes Ernest immensely and he exaggerate about him to his mother, claiming that he is the most popular boy on campus and would have been elected class president if he had let the other boys nominate him. Holden tells her his own name is Rudolph Schmidt, which is actually the school janitor’s name. She asks Holden why he is leaving Pencey early, Holden claims to be returning to New York for a brain tumor operation.

Chapter 9

At Penn Station, Holden wants to call someone but cannot think of anyone to call—his brother, D. B., his sister, Phoebe, Sally Hayes. So, Holden takes a cab to the Edmont Hotel. He asks the driver where the ducks in the Central Park lagoon go in the winter, but the driver is uninterested. From his room in the hotel, he looks out across on the other side .In one man dresses in women’s clothing, and in another room a man and a woman take turns spitting mouthfuls of their drinks into each other’s face. Again he thinks of calling Jane, but instead calls Faith Cavendish, a woman whose number he got from a guy. She refuses to meet him that night, but offers to meet him tomorrow. He doesn't want to wait that long, and hangs up.

Part 2

chapters connection 

In my opinion everyone have lied ,it can be for fun or for hiding a reality, however some people does not lie for fun or hiding a reality , laying still has become their habit and nature or may be enjoy it. In (19) Holden says "I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life." He conforms to the audience that he is a liar. Furthermore Holden again lies and He confirms that he loves lying. First, he introduces himself to Mrs. Morrow as Rudolf Schmidt, using the name of his dorm's janitor. Then he describes her son as glowing, grown-up terms. (61) Holden, “Her son was doubtless the biggest bastard that ever went to Pencey, in the whole crumby history of the school”. He hates phoniness, but can't avoid it in himself, by lying to people, he makes himself feel superior. This gives him an excuse for his loneliness.

Additionally some people hang out with people they don’t like because of their loneliness, or she/her is the only option in the community .similarly many young people often find themselves struggling to find their own identity and place in society. This search for self-worth often leaves them feeling lonely and isolated because they are unsure of themselves. Similarly this is happening to Holden too. (68) Holden said "Would you care to stop on the way and join me for a cocktail?”. Holden is so desperate at this point of time that he’s also considering the cabbie’s company and offering to buy him a drink. Which shows how much lonely and isolated he is. In (71) Holden calls Faith Cavendish, a promiscuous girl recommended to him by a boy he met at a party, and tries to make a date with her. Holden wanted to meet her, just because he was feeling lonely and depressed as well as wanted accompany to have a conversation.

Part 3

Throughout the chapter we gained a lot of knowledge on Holden. In chapter 8 he was constantly lying and he has warned us that he loves to lie. He lies to his classmate mother, he cannot hold himself back from lying as it is his nature. Such as near the end of the chapter, Holden says “then I started reading this timetable I had in my pocket .just to stop lying.” Holden Need to distract himself from lying by reading that timetable. Although he is always complaining about phonies .actually he is lying all the time being a phony .in chapter 9 he has been so judgmental, careless and a horny teen. Besides that Holden was so  lonely and he  used talk with people he dislike .he takes off his red hunting hat twice and wear it again, which is a source of comfort.

part 4

Question 1(chapter 8)

At the begging of the chapter Holden puts on his red hunting hunt what do u think he took off his hat at the train station but keeps it on at school? How is this significant?

The beginning of the he puts on his red hunting hat which was a source of comfort for him because he had a bad fight with stradlater and left pancey with wet eyes. And at the train station he took off his hat which symbolize Holden’s individuality and uniqueness and he does not want to reveal it to everyone.

Question 2 (chapter 9)

Holden calls other people phony. In what way is he one?

He is very hypocritical and contradictive. He’ll do one thing and then say that he hates people who do the something that he just did. He often says that he hates movies but he usually watch movies .perhaps he lies a lot and he is very careless does not appreciate things.

 part 5

Media component

Call me maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen

This song represent Holden’s condition through chapter 8, 9. He was calling someone whenever he gets depressed, feel lonely and wished that someone calls him too and give accompany. From specifically, in the song Carly says, “here is my number call me maybe. “This is like Holden when he just wants to talk with someone that he can connect with.