Chapter 18

In Chapter 18 of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden goes to the movies at Radio City. "It was probably the worst thing I could've done" (pg.177). He is very critical of the stage show but does hold great respect for the kettle drummer. He detests the movie but cannot bring himself to leave. He feels that the woman sitting near him is a phony because she cried through the whole movie but won't take her child to the bathroom. Holden ends the chapter by saying that he likes books. Holden like books better than movies because he feels that book writers aren't doing anything phony because they are stateing their original thoughts and no one else is pretending that they know how that author feels. Wheras movie writers are having their work brought to life by other people who know nothing about what they are acting in.