Personal Narrative On The Catcher In The Rye

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As I sat waiting downstairs at Pencey for Stradlater to come down from his dorm, I started to think about my first date. It was a very awkward time and I am not even sure if I would call it a date. It was with Holden Caulfield, a strange boy that is about my age. He was a sweet boy but he went a little to fast in our relationship than I was expecting. It was a weekend afternoon. It was raining hard, but the rain sounded soothing as it hit the rooftop. Holden and I were out on the porch playing checkers. I was going with my usual strategy at that time that would make Holden become a madman because it bothered him so much. As I was enjoying my time out on the porch with Holden, My stepfather, an alcohol sucking, cigarette smoking addict, …show more content…

At first I thought it was sweet because he was comforting me. After about a minute of sitting down he started necking me. Things started to get weird once he kept trying to make out with me. I tried to avoid him from kissing my mouth. I was trying to get through a hard time in my life when my stepfather was not treating me or my family well, and Holden was trying to goddam make out with me. After Holden stopped necking me, we went to a movie. I not wanting to hang out with him after that awkward moment, but going to a movie got me away from Mr. Cudahy, the last name of my stepfather. Holden asked me about Mr. Cudahy, the only name I use for him besides stepfather, but I chose not to answer because it made me uncomfortable. Holden then started to hold my hand. I then started to realize that he was a really nice person. When he started necking me I thought he was moving to fast. I now see that he just cares about me. As I sat there waiting for Stradlater, this story reminded me not to let things go to fast for us tonight. It was a good thing I only signed us out for a short time. I just wanted to make sure things went slow between the two of us, and make sure things would not go to fast like Holden tried to do. I wonder how Holden is doing now. Maybe I will be able to see him sometime

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