Catcher of the Rye - Writing in Holden's Voice Essay Example
Writing-in-Role: Holden Caulfield (the Catcher in the Rye)
Selma Thurmer was Pencey’s headmaster’s daughter and seemed to possess interesting personality attributes, so I’ve decided to write about the scene where Holden talks to her on a bus in the beginning chapter of the Catcher in the Rye.
Inserting scene in page three, chapter one, first paragraph: I sat next to her once in the bus from Agerstown and we sort of struck up a conversation...
Personally, I wasn’t really in the mood to talk to old Selma, but I figured I’d do so because she sat right next to me on the bus. I didn’t know what to say, so I talked about the upcoming football game. Saxon Hall was going to face Pencey’s very best quarterback, number 54, Tom Richards. Big deal. Selma certainly wasn’t the type of girl who gave any damn interest in these types of phoney bastards. I knew because she told me that all football jocks hanged out in cliques and treated girls like hell. I’m guessing she only came to these Pencey games, was to please her old man, being the headmaster’s daughter and all. For almost the whole bus ride, I hadn’t even asked where she was going. I didn’t really want to be nosy and all. I really didn’t. But I figured out I should anyways, out of curiosity.
“So Selma, where you heading?” I said to her twice, so she can hear me on this thunderous bus. “I’m actually going to Pencey’s baseball game! Would you like to come?” she said.
Off the bat, I concluded that she really wanted me to go mainly because she blushed. I didn’t want to let her down, so I smiled and gave her a nod. She had a pretty gaze. Thurmer wasn’t like average stuck up girls I’ve met at Pencey. Selma sort of reminded me of old Jane Gallagher.
At the game, Pencey Prep players were warming up. I was only there for fifteen minutes, but I was already bored. I saw a nearby baseball field open, so I had an idea. I gave Selma a tap on the shoulder. “Would you care to play some catch?” I looked directly at
Selma Thurmer was Pencey’s headmaster’s daughter and seemed to possess interesting personality attributes, so I’ve decided to write about the scene where Holden talks to her on a bus in the beginning chapter of the Catcher in the Rye.
Inserting scene in page three, chapter one, first paragraph: I sat next to her once in the bus from Agerstown and we sort of struck up a conversation...
Personally, I wasn’t really in the mood to talk to old Selma, but I figured I’d do so because she sat right next to me on the bus. I didn’t know what to say, so I talked about the upcoming football game. Saxon Hall was going to face Pencey’s very best quarterback, number 54, Tom Richards. Big deal. Selma certainly wasn’t the type of girl who gave any damn interest in these types of phoney bastards. I knew because she told me that all football jocks hanged out in cliques and treated girls like hell. I’m guessing she only came to these Pencey games, was to please her old man, being the headmaster’s daughter and all. For almost the whole bus ride, I hadn’t even asked where she was going. I didn’t really want to be nosy and all. I really didn’t. But I figured out I should anyways, out of curiosity.
“So Selma, where you heading?” I said to her twice, so she can hear me on this thunderous bus. “I’m actually going to Pencey’s baseball game! Would you like to come?” she said.
Off the bat, I concluded that she really wanted me to go mainly because she blushed. I didn’t want to let her down, so I smiled and gave her a nod. She had a pretty gaze. Thurmer wasn’t like average stuck up girls I’ve met at Pencey. Selma sort of reminded me of old Jane Gallagher.
At the game, Pencey Prep players were warming up. I was only there for fifteen minutes, but I was already bored. I saw a nearby baseball field open, so I had an idea. I gave Selma a tap on the shoulder. “Would you care to play some catch?” I looked directly at