Chapter 4 Summery of The Catcher in the Rye

In Chapter 4, Holden's roommate asks him to write a composition for him because someone told him that he is a "hot shot" in English. People obviously see his abilities, but he doesn't believe in himself enough to care or even try to succeed, it's almost as if he is "too good" for school, or conforming to general society in any way. We also find out that Pencey is located in New York, where he buys his one dollar, red baseball cap which he calls his "people killing hat", for reasons I have not yet pieced together. Stradlater tells Holden that he is on a date with a girl who knows him, a girl who Holden used to play checkers with and obviously had feelings for based off the enthusiasm he shows when Stradlater tells him.