Chapter Review

Chapter 7:
He goes into his neighbor's room (Ackley) and asks if he wanted to play cards with him. After Ackley rejects his offer about playing with him, and having him sleep in his roommate's bed, Holden decides he wants to go to New York. He decides that he wont go back home until his parents 'digest' the situation he's in.

Chapter 8:
When he's on the train to New York, a woman sits next to him. She asks him if he goes to Pencey, because her son goes there. Holden says yes but tells her that is name is Rudolf. They talk for a while and Holden keeps telling her about her son, and what a hotshot and a popular modest guy he was. Holden thought that Ernie's mom was very pretty, and the more he talked the more lies he's say to make himself look good.