After the first week’s hype of the Student Council and pledge-taking ceremony, on Monday, Mrs. Khanna brings us all down to reality. “I need you all to submit the English project by the end of July.”
I haven’t even started reading the book. Ugh.
Saahil and I are having lunch when Saahil brings up the issue. “You can’t run from it anymore. Read ‘The Catcher In The Rye’.”
“Do you think Mrs. Khanna would notice if I don’t read the goddamn book?” I ask.
“Mishti, you’re already talking like Holden Caulfield, and you haven’t even read the book,” Saahil remarks.
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Mishti: Can you explain, why there is no plot in this book?
Saahil: Who needs a plot, when you have a Holden Caulfield? He’s hilarious.
Mishti: That he is. But he’s also angry, moody, and obscene. It’s like he thinks he’s th
