Chapter 10

Holden is unable to sleep so he puts on some nicer clothes and goes down to the lavander room, a night club in the hotel. He thinks about calling his sister Phobe again and gives a description of her. She is similar to his brother Allie, she has red hair and is very smart. He tells about the time they went to a movie, even though he susposedly hates movies he has seen many and makes comments on all of them. He also says that Phobe likes to write stories about a girl named Hazel. The only thing he does not like about Phobe is that sometimes she can get to emotional. He ends up not calling her. In the nightclub he tries to order alcohol, he says he is often able to get drinks because of his height and gray hair. This time the waiter refuses to give him some. He sees three women at a table, none of them are very pretty, but he flirts and dances with all of them. They laugh at him and seem uninterested in his flirting with them. They are more cuncerned about the movie stars they think could come in at any minuet. Holden lies to one of the girls and tells them that he sees Gary Cooper, she then goes back and tells the other girls and they all get very excited. They leave and Holden pays for all of their drinks and then leaves.

Holden is always saying how he hates movies, but it seems like he has seen many. He just thinks everyone in the movies is a phony, that is why he acts like he hates all movie and is mad at D.B. for going to Hollywood because that is where all of the huge phonies are.