Journal 4
Chapter 8
By: Kellen Long
I thought chapter eight was quite
amusing. It all begins when Holden is about to board a train that he had to
wait ten minutes for. As his arrives at the next stop a women climbs aboard and
sits right next to Holden, even though there are many empty seats. She then
proceeds to ask him “Excuse me, but isn’t that a Pency Prep sticker on your
suitcase?” (Ch.8, pg.70) Holden replies back with “yes it sure is.” (Ch.8,
pg.71) The lady then proceeds to tell Holden about her son who attended Pency
Prep. As the conversation grew, she started to become more open and flirtatious.
Holden could tell right then that this was not a regular grown woman so he
eventually gains the courage to ask her if she wants a cigarette. With much hesitation the mother then agrees to
take a smoke. This episode showed situational irony because this was the last
thing I expected to happen, but taking in consideration the time period of this
book, which was around the late 1940’s to early 50’s, this was quite common for
parents to smoke with their children, or other children around the same age.
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