Chapter 9 - Holden and Sex

In Chapter 9, Holden is in his hotel room and is watching out of the window when he sees a man strutting around his room dressed up as a woman and a couple who are 'spitting' into each others mouth and this begins to get Holden to think about his personal sexual life. Eventually Holden admits that he is feeling horny and tries to get hold of a girl that he once met called Faith who he met through a supposed 'friend' of his, and his friend has said to Holden before that he knows Fiath will be willing to anything with you if youa sk. So Holden gives Faith a call but she does not know who Holden is and she claims it is an inappropriate time to be calling her and arranging plans so she quickly rejects his offer of meeting up with him both that night and the day after. I think Holden may only be trying to get hold of this girl because he knows what boys his age get up to, especially Stradlater and has maybe decided that he wants to be like Stradlater through jealousy, and he maybe wants to lose his virginity just so he can be like him. Possibly all Holden wants to be able to do is join in with conversations between boys about sex they have and as he has had no experience so he is unable to join in and maybe he feels even more left out than he usually do. Holden is a very stange character who does like to fit in with the crowd but tries to be like people in the crowd which is unusual, maybe as a person himself he feels as though he is unusual and feels as though he does want to feel like this anymore so is just trying to be like other teenage boys.