Essay on Catcher In The Rye - A Sequel - 465 Words

Catcher In The Rye - A Sequel Loomis Chaffee Chapter 1 nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Another day another school...I thought about this new school they placed me in. They said I will like it. Well Ill be the one to decide that. Next thing I know Im on a 6:30 train to Windsor, CT. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;It was a Thursday and I received a call from Mr.Spencer, well it wasnt really for me but for my parents. I immediately new who it was, you can just hear its a school teacher. One can just hear that over the phone. After the phone hangs up I hear a yell, â€Å"Holden, front and center!† Then we go throughout that whole, we had a discussion with, and all that crap. Then I received the news, after speaking to Mr.Spencer we have decided†¦show more content†¦Well Mr.Spencer teaches at a prep school and. I didnt let them finish the sentence. â€Å"NO!† I exclaimed. I refuse to go to one of those prep schools, all of the little kids are phonies. But then as abruptly as that little conversation started, it ended. They said, â€Å"You are going come Saturday and you cant do a thing about it.† nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;So then they say, â€Å"We will get you a train ticket for the earliest train out of Central Station.† I stormed out, knowing that I was defenseless against them I went straight into my room and packed, thinking of ways to get back at them. I thought then I realized that I shouldnt even bother wasting my time, I knew that it would be a small time before I would be kicked out anyhow. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Bags outside the door at 5:00 A.M. So your father can put them on the car. A couple days went by, as boring as any other days. I mostly sat around on my bed thinking about those phony people I will be stuck with. Hopefully I can be stuck with a roommate who resembles good ol Jane Gallagher. But not those dumb preps like at Pencey and Elkton Hills. I cant stand those people, they try to be people which they are clearly not, that just makes me so...MAD. Huuuuaaaaaaa I just gotta sit down, all of this new school, Connecticut business is getting to me. I mean where is Connecticut, I never was really good at geography, now it catches up with you. Now is one of those times which I really could use someoneShow MoreRelatedD. Salinger s The Catcher s The Rye 1872 Words   |  8 Pages D. Salinger s novel is often called, . . . the forbidden fruit in the garden of literature (The Catcher 116). J. D. Salinger is a writer from the 1950s, a time where literature has questioned the ideas of traditions placed in a community. Through his life and through his characters Holden Caulfield and Phoebe Caulfield in the 1950s realistic fictional bildungsroman The Catcher in the Rye, the postmodernist author J. D. 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