"All of a sudden, this lady got on at Trenton and sat down next to me. Practically the whole car was empty, because it was pretty late and all, but she sat down next to me, instead of an empty seat." This is the scene where one of the moms of a Pencey Prep student talks to Holden on the train.
I chose this scene because it shows Holden as a hypocrite. Throughout the book Holden is always explaining how he hates phonies and liars, but then he repeatedly lies to this mom about her son. He even told her that her son would have won class president, but that he was just too shy.
This scene leaves us with the question is Holden a reliable narrator? If he is always saying one thing and doing another car we trust him?
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