Chapter 16

Quote 1:"That's what I liked about those nuns. You could tell, for one thing, that they never went anywhere swanky for lunch. It made me so damn sad when I thought about it, their never going anywhere swanky for lunch or anything. I knew it wasn't too important, but it made me sad anyway. I started walking over toward Broadway, just for the hell of it, because I hadn't." (ch.16)  ( C)

Quote 2:"It was lousy in the park. It wasn't too cold, but the sun still wasn't out, and there didn't look like there was anything in the park except dog crap and globs of spit and cigar butts from old men, and the benches all looked like they'd be wet if you sat down on them. It made you depressed, and every once in a while, for no reason, you got goose flesh while you walked. It didn't seem at all like Christmas was coming soon. It didn't seem like anything was coming. But I kept walking over to the Mall anyway, because that's where Phoebe usually goes when she's in the park. She likes to skate near the bandstand. It's funny. That's the same place I used to like to skate when I was a kid."(ch.16) (F)

In the chapter  before this Holden spent a good bit of his time talking to the nuns about there jobs as teachers, and he really has a tender heart for people like this. He gives them $10, but then later on feels bad that it wasn't enough, but he remembers he has a date with Sally and he had to live another week on little money, so he couldn't pay them anymore. The nuns were so thankful to Holden and they told him that they couldn't except the money. Then in chapter 16, Holden continued to talk about the nuns, and they must be weighing heavy on his heart because he says that they never get to go eat at swanky places like he gets to experience and eat at. He says he know is wasn't important but it was still sad to him, and I think that everyone does this when people are so kind to you on the streets. Even though there isn't a reason for Holden to feel bad because he did the right thing, he still does because he is a human with human emotions. In this chapter Holden is very lonely, sad, and depressed because the park isn't the same it used to be. Also because he can't find Phoebe and the nuns. He is looking for Phoebe to give her the record he went and bought her. She usually skates at the park on Sundays, but not this Sunday. Holden approaches a girl in the park that he thinks would know Phoebe, and then she ends up talking about the museum. She thinks Phoebe may be at the museum with her class on a field trip. Holden then starts to reminisce on his childhood. He then goes on to say that the things in the museum never change, but the people that go inside each time are different. This was such a Holden expression to me, I honestly wasn't surprised to read it because he analyzes everything. I think analyzing may be his specialty. He reads into everything really deep, and notices every detail in the museum.