Chapters 31-35 Summary and Analysis

Frank attends a dance where he meets a girl named Delores. The two hit it off and Delores tells Frank that he can see her home. Frank hopes for some 'excitement' as he calls sex, but discovers that Delores has a man, Nick in the Navy, who her father does not like. Frank still hopes for sex, but discovers that Delores lives at home. After taking the train home, Frank is discouraged, unable to understand the women in America, who seem to want one thing while they have another.

In Chapter 32, Frank has difficulty keeping up with work and his studies while he is focused on Mike Smalls. Their lives have been very different and Frank is embarrassed to share his past with her because of the way he grew up. Bob is away and Mike invites Frank to...