How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Section.Paragraph)
Quote #7
After making this last entry, Teddy continued to keep his attention on the page and his ball-point pen poised, as though there were more to come. (4.21)
This is interesting phrasing; it sounds as though Teddy is merely transmitting a message, and not writing of his own accord.
Quote #8
He stretched out his legs, which were unusually heavy at the thighs, almost like human bodies in themselves. (4.29)
Unlike Teddy, Nicholson seems to be weighed down by his body, by his physicality. Count the number of times that Salinger describes his heavy legs…
Quote #9
He sat forward abruptly, tilted his head to the right, and gave his right ear a light clap with his hand. "I still have some water in my ear from my swimming lesson yesterday," he said. He gave his ear another couple of claps, then sat back, putting his arms up on both armrests. It was, of course, a normal, adult-size deck chair, and he looked distinctly small in it, but at the same time, he looked perfectly relaxed, even serene. (4.52)
Consider this passage in the context of the epigraph to Nine Stories…