Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Characters: Holden, Lillian Simmons

Theme: He can't find anything good enough to fit his liking...

Symbol: The Central Park lagoon- it symbolizes his innocence, he cares about something.

Summary: He gets into the cab and goes to a Greenwich Village nightclub called Ernies. On his way he again asks the driver what happens to the ducks in the Central Park lagoon in the winter. The taxi driver get's very upset, and will have no stupid questions asked. Holden tries to make conversation with the guy, but still seems to get angry. Interesting enough, Holden likes the man just isn't sure why the short temper. He get's to Ernie's he orders a scotch and coke while listens to the Ernie play the piano. He wonders if Ernie actually knows he's bad or he's just deaf. Holden gets irritated when people clap loudly and scream their heads off after a song because he believes the music is badly played. The conversations around him make him even more uneasy because to him they are all phony. A girl walks in, and is very obnoxious. Her name is Lillian Simmons who used to be the girl that Holden's brother D.B used to date. She tries to get him to sit with her, but Holden thinks that she's using him so he'll bring her up in a conversation the next time he talks to D.B. Not going to happen, so he makes an excuse and leaves the nightclub to escape.