When Holden got into the elevator the last thing I was expecting was the elevator guy asking Holden if he was "Interested in a little tail t'night?". I was so sure that Holden would take him up on it and I would have to suffer through a very awkward love scene. But I didn't know Holden very well; I should have guessed that he was too immature to go through with it and only responded because he was so used to lying. I should have known it was coming, but I didn't. And I found Maurice and Holden's fight scene almost hilarious at how Holden just feel apart when this pimp asked him for more money. He started crying for heaven's sake!
Holden surprised me once more by showing compassion for this poor girl who has sunk low enough to be a prostitute. When he saw how young she was and how much make-up she had on, he could do nothing but feel sorry for her. And when he finally gave up trying to "talk" to her, he said noticed her dress and thought about how "The salesman probably just thought she was a regular girl when she bought it." That really got to me because I didn't think that Holden had the ability to see and hate everything around him. The fact that he had enough feelings to even feel sorry for this girl surprised me.
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