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For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:. Chapter 13 Quotes. Related Characters: Holden Caulfield speaker , Sunny. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. First things first: we're almost positive that "Sunny" isn't this girl's real name. She's the prostitute the elevator man pimps out to Holden, and when we first meet her we're all excited that we're finally going to figure out why this book has been banned and re-banned.
Instead …. He never has sex with her; all they do is talk. Okay, she does take off her dress—but we're pretty sure she's still wearing a slip or something. By the time the girl is on his bed and taking her dress off, Holden realizes he's not into this after all.
Of course, she's not the world's greatest conversationalist either, so she just stomps off after trying to extort even more cash from him. To be fair, we're pretty sure her pimp is making her jack up the price. So, why does Holden back down this time? Partly because he can't do anything, ever. Women, Holden believes, want a man who asserts power and control. As he broods, the prostitute, Sunny, arrives. She is a cynical young girl with a high voice. Holden becomes flustered, especially so when she removes her dress.
She claims that the price is ten, but he refuses to pay her more, and she leaves in a huff. Holden sits in his hotel room and smokes for a while. Eventually, he goes to bed. He feels like praying, but his distaste for organized religion prevents him from following through on his inclination. Suddenly, there is a knock at his door.
In his pajamas, Holden opens the door to face the burly elevator operator, Maurice, who has returned with Sunny to collect the extra five dollars Sunny demanded. Holden tries to refuse, but Maurice pins him against a wall while Sunny takes the money from his wallet.
Maurice slugs Holden in the stomach and leaves him crumpled on the floor. Finally, he manages to get into bed and go to sleep. The next morning, Holden calls Sally Hayes and makes a date with her for later that afternoon.
He checks out of the hotel and leaves his bags in a locker at Grand Central Station. He worries about losing his money and mentions that his father frequently gets angry when Holden loses things. Holden goes to eat breakfast at a little sandwich bar, where he meets two nuns who are moving to Manhattan to teach in a school. Holden thinks about the superficial money-driven world of the prep school he has just left. Then he talks to one of the nuns about Romeo and Juliet. Despite his earlier expression of distaste for organized religion, he forces them to take ten dollars as a charitable contribution.
After they leave, although he realizes he needs money to pay for his date with Sally, he begins to regret having given only ten dollars.
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