The Catcher in the Rye (Fan Fiction)
A scene when Holden tries to have a conversation with the prostitute.
In a lousy motel room located in Miari, Seoul, I kept walking around the room, waiting for this prostitute to show up. I usually didn’t get so damn peculiar like this, but it was a little different this time. I kept hoping that she wouldn’t look like a phony ajjumma, who would dress up in fake Gucci dress and accessories. After few minutes, somebody knocked on the rusty door of my room. I instantly realized that it would be the prostitute and opened the door nervously.
“You the one Ho Yoon said?” She asked me with a pretty demanding voice, and I instantly knew that she is not too goddamn friendly.
“Is he the guy, who was distributing the erotic commercial papers?”
“Yeah, that’s him.” She answered without even looking at me and came into the room. Without saying anything, she started to take off her coat and dress.
“Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Tae Hyung An.” After I introduced myself in such a phony way, I waited for her reply, but none came.
“So, how old are you?” I asked.
“Twenty-two, ya got a watch on?” She said with an ignorant voice. It was so goddamn obvious that she didn’t give a damn about me and just wanted to finish this thing quickly. Man, I felt so strange and peculiar about this situation, so I kept on trying to have a conversation with the prostitute.
“Do you work every night, I mean what do you do when you are not working?” I knew this was a stupid question to ask, but I just asked anyway for the hack of continuing the conversation.
“I dunno’ I sometimes go to movies or just sleep.” As soon as she answered me, she started to take off her dress, so I told her if we could just have a conversation. She looked at me skeptically and sat on the chair next to her. I started to babble like an idiot about some random things, but it seemed to only annoy her more. At last, she sort of forced me to sit and sat on my lap.
“Hey, you look pretty cute, but I don’t got all night to spend with you, so let’s hurry up.” She started to take off her clothes and after taking them off, she started to unbutton my shirt, so I told her to stop and pushed her away.
“Jeez, take it easy, I mean I really can’t do this because I’m sick.” I said.
“Sick, what do you mean sick?”
“I mean, I got this surgery on my wuddayacallit, so I don’t feel real well.” This was the stupidest lie I’ve ever made up in my whole life.
“Well, huh, then why the hell did you ask for a girl, when you are sick?” Her voice sort of intensified and I knew that she was getting very annoyed. I have sort of become sick of this whole lousy situation, so I really wanted to end this. So I told her that I would pay her, and asked her to leave.
“Here’s 5000 won, good bye.” I spoke with a little bit of disgust. Hell, what a mean nervous girl she was.
“Hey I’m supposed to get paid double, so it’s 10000 won.” She started to play this little game with me, so I started to get a little pissed off at this whole phony situation.
“No, I already had this conversation with the paper guy, so I ain’t paying you no more.” I forced her to take 5000 won and closed the door quickly and told myself that I was an idiot.
Very brave area of the book to adapt! Truly one of the more controversial aspects of the book that kept it out of many libraries for many years. But it's actually harmless and you handle it well, doing a creative job of adopting it to a new situation. There's also some humor you create, and it is very Holden-esque. We all know what happens next with the punching scene, and even if Holden doesn't really learn from the experience, we get to see him test himself a little. You do a great job of showing how flustered and awkward he is when he finally confronts his coming-of-age fear. Excellent work and again - I applaud your bravery.:)
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