Holden's Experience with Sunny and Maurice

The plot movement in this section of the book is very interesting because it slowly progresses into telling us why Holden is so depressed and that he thinks he just needs to be with someone. When he was offered a prostitute by Maurice in the elevator I thouhgt right away that this was some sort of trap. The Maurice character is just too shady for me. It sort of bothers me how he keeps saying that he is "yellow" in the book. I recall him saying it a couple times when he was talking to the prostitute. I think the reason why Holden chose to take the deal with Maurice is that he wanted just to have someone to talk to. The factual evidence of this is when Sunny gets to his room he isn't interested in doing anything sexual with her, he wants to just talk to her.

One major question I was left with was will he stay at this same hotel or go to a different one? The answer to this of course is that he goes home to talk with his sister, Phoebe. She seems like a very smart kid for her age. The other question that I was left with was why did he open the door right away and not have any locks on it or look the hole in the door to see who was outside.

I question Holden's thinking a lot. He definitely seems like not the sharpest tool in the shed to me. Maybe he will change his ways later in the book, but I wouldn't count on it.