[Music] in Chapter 14 of The Catcher in the Rye Holden is alone at night feeling depressed laying in bed and smoking and in his mind he talks to his brother Ali telling him to get his bike and meet at Billy Fallon's house when they lived in Maine Holden and Billy had excluded Ali from a trip to the lake now Holden sued this is nerves by inviting his little brother to come along someone knocks on Holden's door it's the elevator attendant Maurice and sunny the prostitute and they demand five dollars from him Holden threatens to yell for help sunny takes the extra five dollars from Holden's wallet and Maurice punches him in the stomach he and sunny then leave Holden lies there with his breath knocked out of him and comforts himself by fantasizing that Maurice has actually shot him in the gut in his fantasy he follows Maurice and shoots him six times Jayne tends to his own wound in reality Holden falls back in bed and finally sleeps after his harrowing nights now here we see how vulnerable Holden is during the disturbing events that happened in the dead of the night Holden is sixteen alone exhausted depressed dressed only in his pajamas and vulnerable to the stark violence of the world he's lonely and he speaks to his brother and he wishes he could seek comfort in Prairie he finds comfort in the fantasy of revenge falling back on his narrative to exert control over his life he considers jumping out the window he's claimed earlier to be in treatment in California for tuberculosis and exhaustion not depression his inability to commit to school or friends disturbed sleep patterns and gleek attitude our characteristics of depression though [Music]