travels to New York City for a variety of reasons. For one thing, he does not want to have to
face his parents, because the reason he's coming home early is that he's been kicked out of
school. This is the third time this has happened, and Holden knows his parents will be less than
pleased. Holden also wants time to rest up and think about where he's going and how much the
adult world terrifies, fascinates, and disgusts him.
In chapters 11 and 12,
Holden is mostly aimless during his time in NYC. He thinks about , a girl with whom he had a
close relationship one summer. He is anxious over whether or not she did anything sexual with
Stradlater when she went on a date with him. Then he takes a cab to a nightclub in Greenwich
Village, but his conversation with the cab driver about where the ducks go during the winter
makes him feel more alone, since the driver responds rudely, and he is frustrated by what he
perceives as phoniness in the nightclub patrons.
During all
this...
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