Catcher In The Rye Quotes About Sex

Holden’s scene with Sunny does not happen because he does not “feel very much like [himself]” but that exactly is not the reason why he has sex (125). Reason being that he begins to feel nervous when he is lying about having surgery in order to avoid having sex. Holden’s depression is not the only reason why he does not have sex with Sunny. He does not have sex with her because the whole scene is “peculiar” or in other words weird (123-125). It is weird because one she tries to be seductive but does it “so sudden” (123). 2nd reason why he does not have sex with her is because he is “a virgin” and instead of being so sudden he wants it to be special (120). Going back to reason one, it is mostly weird because society put in place standards of men being and having a sense of superiority while women are helpless when having sex. …show more content…
Causing Holden to stop the interaction between the two to stop. The fourth reason why it has to come to an end is because as it is stated before, Holden is feeling “more depressed than sexy” and to Holden, it is a major turn off. In the scene where a Joe Yale-looking guy and a terrific looking girl are having a conversation, and the guy is “giving her a feel under the table, and at the same time telling her all about some guy in his dorm that [has] eaten a whole bottle of aspirin and nearly [committing] suicide” (112). It is basically Holden and Sunny but in a different scenario because how can somebody be depressed and have sex which is “supposed to make you happy” work together. It is an oxymoron and that scene basically again shows Holden that the girl is helpless because she tells the guy “don’t darling. Please don’t” but he keeps doing it