Chapter 6 Summary

Ray, Oliver's roommate, has been forced to study and sleep in other parts of the university now that Oliver and Jenny have begun the sexual part of their relationship. Oliver refuses to tell Ray that there is a sexual aspect to his relationship with Jenny and continues to deny that he is in love with Jenny, promising Ray that they will get the apartment in New York they had always planned on. However, after watching Jenny perform in a concert, Oliver learns that she has been accepted as a student to a well-respected music teacher in Paris. Rather than allow Jenny to leave him behind, Oliver asks her to marry him.

Chapter 6 Analysis

Here the main characters have reached a minor climax in their relationship, the decision to get married. This again touches on the theme of relationships between lovers. These two have...