From reading chapters 14 and 15, i thought Holden had a very positive take on love and companionship. Holden was trying to get in a relationship. I feel like Holden is trying to move on and stop thinking about Jane Gallagher. She slows him down in various things. And he simply couldn't thinking about her. It definitely shows that he liked Jane, even though he didn't have physical relationship with her, he had emotional satisfaction.
Therefore, I think Sunny represents Holden's attempt to get in a relationship. He knows that he wouldn't feel the emotional satisfaction he had with Jane however he could have a sexual experience with Sunny.
Holden wants to live in a simple world, I don't think he demands sex. But loneliness and fear of adulthood pressured him to meet people like Sunny. It's very clear that he is confused about his life and lost in between childhood and adulthood. He doesn't want to call Jane and he is scared to sleep with Sunny. He wants to be alienated from the world but he couldn't stand it. It only bring him bad memories, sadness, and loneliness.
I think you are right about Sunny and Jane. He is emotionaly connected to Jane and so he doesn't want to mess that up. I think that he also has Sunny come up to his room is because he thinks that thats what everybody else does and so he should too. Do you think that Holden would rather have a physical relationship or an emotional relationship? I think a emotional relationship because he seemed to be happier with Jane than with Sunny.
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