Holden is the main character in the story who is a teenage boy trying to find himself in The Catcher in the Rye. Holden seems to be obsessed with sexuality as well as very confused. As he is unable to deal with the pressures he feels to keep up with his roommate sexually, he feels like he should be able to. Later on in the story he finds the three women in the Lavender room alluring and offers to buy them drinks. Although he doesn't sleep with any of them, he thinks he is falling in love with the blonde one. While in the elevator he is offered a prostitute. He accepts the offer but once she gets to his room he gets nervous and asks her to leave. This proves that he is unsure of himself and self-conscious.

As a teenage boy, Holden feels slightly intimidated by...