The Catcher In the Rye

Summary chapter 18

Holden thinks about calling Jane to see if she wants to go dancing.

No one answers at Jane's house, so, feeling bored and lonely,
Holden phones Carl Luce, a Columbia University student whom
Holden remembers attended Whooton with him. They agree to meet
for drinks at about 10. To pass the time, Holden goes to Radio City
Music Hall and watches the Rockettes and other acts. One act
involves many people dressed like angels, singing "Come All Ye
Faithful" and carrying crucifixes. Holden thinks that "old Jesus
probably would've puked." Then the movie starts, a war film that
was "so putrid" Holden couldn't look away. A woman seated near
him weeps and refuses to take her kid to the bathroom. This
disgusts Holden: the woman cries over "phony stuff in the movies"
but cruelly ignores her son.
As Holden leaves for the Wicker Bar to meet Luce, he thinks about
D.B.'s years in the army. Holden saw the war's effect on his older
brother, who was distant during his furloughs. Holden imagines
serving with people like Maurice, Ackley, and Stradlater and decides
that, in the event of another war, he would "sit right the hell on top"
of an atomic bomb.