He was jelous of him dating Jane Gallagher. Well, that's what I thought.
Ackley is a public slub and ugly in person while stradlater is a private slub but too handsome.
Ackley always enters the room without knocking or anything, picks up things and puts them down in the wrong place, poor hygiene, and never understands when Holden just wants him to leave.
Ackley and Stradlater are Holden's character foils.
Holden thinks Ward Stradlater is the worst slob in "Catcher" because Stradlater is a "secret slob", "you know, the kind of guy who looks so sharp, but you ought to see his razor - it's full of lather and hairs and crap".
less intelligent and less sensitive than Holden. handsome ,sexy for his age , snob . dirty from inside pervert
Robert Ackley is the annoying boy in the room next to Holden at Pency Prep.
He wrote about Allie'e baseball mitt. "Anyway, that's what I wrote Stradlater's composition about. Old Allie's baseball mitt."
Holden's roommate at pencey prep.
hes a phony because he puts up in act as being a jock and to impress girls and he also has a friendly relationship to ackley.
He is Holden's roommate in the novel The Catcher In The Rye. Hes the dude who goes out with Jane, and Jane's the chick who Holden has feelings for.-Rnator.
Holden thinks Ward Stradlater is the worst slob in "Catcher" because Stradlater is a "secret slob", "you know, the kind of guy who looks so sharp, but you ought to see his razor - it's full of lather and hairs and crap".
less intelligent and less sensitive than Holden. handsome ,sexy for his age , snob . dirty from inside pervert
Robert Ackley is the annoying boy in the room next to Holden at Pency Prep.
He wrote about Allie'e baseball mitt. "Anyway, that's what I wrote Stradlater's composition about. Old Allie's baseball mitt."
Holden's roommate at pencey prep.
Holden spends Saturday night with Ackley and Brossard in their dorm room. They engage in trivial conversation, play chess, and listen to music. Despite Holden's initial annoyance with them, he ultimately finds some comfort in their company.
i would guess that he is sick of everybody. he feels like people are phoney. where can he be genuine and real and honest? in a monastery as a priest or monk
Pencey basketball player Howie Coyle (from Catcher in the Rye) was thought to be a great basketball player because Ackley thinks he has a perfect build for it.
Nothing. The Catcher in the Rye is a novel, not a polemic.
Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger