Holden was sitting in the lobby and stalking all the girls that were there on vacation. He was emotionally very horny and was not very depressed at this time.

Holden meets Sally walking up the stairs. He was thinking about how good she looked, and how he felt like marrying her the very minute he saw her.

Holden is with Sally in the cab on the way to the movies. They were horsing around and all of the sudden Holden says he loved her. Sally said it back and said to keep his hair longer. Emotionally Holden is feeling distraught because he is with Sally and immediately saying I love you and wants to marry her.

Sally saw a boy she knew in the lobby of the movie theatre, and kept saying "I know him from somewhere". This annoys Holden, and tells her to go give him a soul kiss. Holden criticized George as he always does with phonies. He thought that the entire conversation Sally and George had was phonies.

Holden told Sally that they should move to Vermont or Massachusetts and get away from everything. Sally got uncomfortable because Holden was yelling at her. Holden said she was a pain in his ass, and she really hit the celling. Sally went home alone, and didn't want Holden to take her home. Holden was mad at himself for saying something like that to a girl, and wasn't even sure why he said any of it in the first place. Holden is not in a good mental state.

Holden at the beginning tried to get in touch with Jane. He called her and she did not pick up. Then Holden calls up his old buddy Carl Luce. They decide to go to a bar and decide to catch up. Emotionally Holden feels very lonely and misses Jane and is hurting cause she didn't pick up the phone call.

Holden starts talking and explaining about how his brother DB was in the army for 4 years. Holden said it would be a nightmare to have live with guys kinda like Ackley and Stradlater. Holden says he loves the literature, The Great Gatsby. Holden also explains he would sign up for the war as soon as he could. Emotionally Holden is very patriotic saying he would sit right the hell on top of the war and is delighted that the bomb was invented.

Holden went to the Wicker bar, talked about how phony the bar and all the people inside were, and then could only think about getting stupid drunk. Holden is very depressed, and really doesn't like to be sober.

Luce met Holden at the bar. All they talked about was sex. Luce was a sex expertise as Holden says, and Holden keeps asking all of the questions. This shows Holdens immaturity, but how much Holden's sex life sucks. He says he can't get sexy with a girl he really doesn't like a lot.