After getting bored in the Hotel lobby Holden decide to go to Greenwich Village where D.B. used to take him once in a while.He gets into "Vomity" cab with a driver named horwitz. He started talking about the pond with the driver, Horwitz insists that the fish are taken care of, because Mother Nature wouldn't leave them to fend for themselves. At Ernie's everyone is intently listening to the piano. The crowed is just a bunch of morons, the kind who laugh at movies that aren't funny, Holden says it silently. Holden listens in on some conversation. on one side, a guy is giving the a play by play of the last football game he was in,, Holden listens to their talks for about 10 minutes. As a better alternative to watching this display, Holden sends a message via the waiter asking Ernie to join him for a drink. after talking with her to while, he decide to leave. He walks 41 blocks back in his hotel, its so cold so he puts his hunting hat back on, noting that he doesn't have his gloves, which someone at pencey stole.finally he get to the hotel, as soon as he gets into the elevator, the elevator man asks him if he's up for a good time, actually, the elevator man wants to set him up with a woman. And by "setup", he wants to pimp out a prostitute for five bucks. When he gets back to his room, he changes his shirt and brushes his teeth. Now that the time has come, Holden informs us he's virgin.
The first chapters Holden was looking for someone to spend the night with but later on when sunny the girl who came to his room, he refuse to have sex with her. because he doesn't feel sexually aroused. he knows he would be unable to perform, and it would be his first experience. This shows how he is changed from the beginning of the chapter till now.
Interesting Questions:
1) How does Holden describe Horwitz's personality?
Ans: Holden thinks he is not a bad buy but he thinks he is touchy and sound angry when he speaks.
2) Why does Holden feel sorry for Ernie?
Ans: Because Holden thinks that Ernie didn't even know whether he played right or not, and it was because of the crowd that always applauded to him whether he played right or not.
3) How does Holden feel about such amenities as saying to someone, "Glad to meet you?"
Ans: He doesn't like saying those stuff when he doesn't mean them, but he thinks that to be able to stay alive he had to say those expressions.
On the upcoming chapters we will know more about Holden's personality and how he changes by the time.
When Holden decide to go back to hotel but wakes instead of taking taxi.
Holden is so depressed that he doesn't want to listen to people anymore and choose to wake in cold night.
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