... at night when there was a bunch of guys in his room. He knew quite a bit about sex. Especially perverts and all" (Salinger 185). Hearing all of the these stories, Holden possibly felt pressured because he felt that these stories were what was expected from a boy his age. Another source of pressure might also come from Holden ... wouldn't let him get to first base with her, but it drove me crazy anyway" (Salinger 104). Holden can't be blamed for his views on sex due to what he has been exposed to regarding to that subject. At Holden's hotel, he sees several people through his window that ...

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... times about his swearing and he does not change. That is how habitual it is to him. Holden contradicts himself a lot in the book. He puts out this sex craved persona, yet when he has the chance, he falters. Holden meets a pimp on an elevator up to his room. The pimp talks him into renting a prostitute ... thing himself. He said "Don't you feel like talking for a while." Holden has a half-naked woman in is room who is going to give him sex and he is more than happy to stand up and hang her dress up for her. Holden eventually comes up with an excuse to get out of this situation ... of ho...

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Catcher in the Rye U.S. writer born in New York City, he began to publish short stories in the periodicals in 1940. After World War II, his stories, some based on his army experiences, appeared increasingly in the New Yorker. His entire literary output comprises 13 stories and novellas collected in Nine Stories (1953), Franny and Zooey (1961), and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and ... the city of New York and goes into nightclubs. Lonely and desperate, he accepts the offer of the hotel elevator operator to find him a prostitute, but he fails to have sex with her and fights with her pi...

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