They werent being real Janine, a true phony, would always whisper into the microphone before each song:”And now we like to geeve you our impression of Vooly Voo Fransay. Most of the songs were either pretty dirty or in French too. Tina would play the piano and Janine would sing along. Next, Holden discourses about two French babes he once saw perform in the Wicker Bar within the swanky, Seton Hotel. Holden concluded that if you take somebody who cries their goddamn eyes out over phony stuff in the movies, nine times out of ten theyre mean bastards at heart (140). She kept telling the child to sit down and shut-up.
But the lady wouldnt take him until the movie was over. She had a young boy with her, her child, he presumes, and the kid had to go to the bathroom. Holden thought that she was about as kindhearted as a wolf (139). One would assume that this lady was crying because she was kindhearted.
Holden was about ready to puke: the movie was so sappy! However, what made it worse was the lady, mesmerized by the film, sitting next to Holden who cried throughout the entire movie. And by then, Alec forgot about the poor nice girl he had fallen in love with. But his memory doesnt return until hed hit on the head with a cricket ball. The other girl tells Alec to go with Marcia, and he does. Marcia was Alecs fiance before his accident. Theyre about to be married when another girl, Marcia, shows up. He meets a nice girl on a bus, and theyre both carrying a copy of Dickenss Oliver Twist.
It started off with some guy, Alec, limping out of a hospital not knowing his own identity. He had gone to see a movie, and it was a really sappy one at that. Holden absolutely despises the movies, especially a phony audience watching a movie. Holden doesnt even think that Ernie knows if hes playing the correct tunes or not anymore. Next, Old Ernie turned around on his stool and gave this very phony, humble bow (84). Holden thought that Ernies snobbish attitude was completely phony, but he still felt sorry for him. (84) Yet, the crowd was going wild and crazy for Ernie. Ernie was putting all these dumb, show-offy ripples in the high notes, and all this other tricky stuff. Ernie, the piano player, was playing some tune that Holden couldnt recognize. Even though it was so late, the club was still packed. Later, Holden went to this nightclub called Ernies. asking Jesus to send him a few more stiffs(16-17). Caulfield got a kick out of this speech thinking how he could Just see this phony bastard. Ossenburger said to think of God as your friend. about how he was never ashamed when he was in some kind of trouble, but he would get right down on his knees and pray to God, and that you should always talk to God wherever you are. Then the next morning, Ossenburger gave a speech to the students of Pencey Prep. That pittance is why the hall was named after him. After Ossenburger got out of Pencey, he made a lot of money in the undertaking business, and he gave a pittance to the school. The dorms were named after this person named Ossenburger who also went to Pencey Prep. That hall was only for juniors and seniors. Holden Caulfield lived in the Ossenburger Memorial Wing in his dormitory. He thought that everyone should be himself and not wear stupid facades. Haas was just putting on act to please the parents who showed up. To Holden, it was blatantly clear that Mr. I mean if a boys mother was sort of fat or corny-looking or something, and if somebodys father was one of those guys that wear those suits with big shoulders and corny black-and-white shoes, then old Haas would just shake hands with them and give half and hour with somebody elses parents (13-14). Except if some boy had little old funny-looking parents. On Sundays, for instance, old Haas went around shaking hands with everybodys parents when they drove up to school. Haas was the phoniest bastard I ever met in my life.
Holden discusses how phony his headmaster at Elkton Hills, Mr. However, most of the people Holden encounters, he deems innately phony Holden thinks almost everyone is a phony. From having breakfast with a couple of nuns on a bus, to spending an evening with a far from seraphic prostitute, Holden handles each situation the best way he can. Its a story about a seventeen-year-old boy, Holden Caufield, who experiences some interesting things and people upon his being expelled from Pencey Prep. Salingers novel, The Catcher in the Rye, is a very well known piece of the twentieth century.