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Ch 6 by Taylor Wooley Chapter 6 notes by Ellen Park Holden is concerned when Stradlater comes back from his date, but Stradlater doesn't directly tell Holden anything. Stradlater reads the composition Holden did for him and is annoyed that Holden wrote about Holden's brother's glove. Holden keeps asking Stradlater about the date and when he doesn't reply to Holden, Holden starts a fight with Stradlater. Holden ends up on the ground and covered in blood and he thinks that the blood makes him look tough and decides to go to Ackley's room. Ch. 6 Notes by Jacob E. > > > > > > > > > >
 * It's still Saturday night. Holden is awake and worrying about Jane and the possibility of roomie Stradlater getting it on with her.
 * Stradlater finally comes back, returns the hound's-tooth jacket, and notably says nothing about his date.
 * He reads the English composition Holden wrote for him and complains that it's not about a room or a house or something like he said. He berates Holden for doing everything "a-s-backward" and says this is exactly why he (Holden) is flunking out.
 * Fine. Holden rips it up and throws away the only copy, which really ticks off Stradlater.
 * Then, to really tick off his roomie, Holden lights up a cigarette. It's against the rules, and Stradlater never breaks any rules.
 * Finally, he asks about Jane. Pretty late to be getting back, isn't it?
 * Stradlater cuts his toenails and doesn't really address the question.
 * Finally, he says he didn't go anywhere with Jane—they just hung out in a car
 * Apparently Stradlater doesn't kiss and tell, which we'd think is a good thing—but Holden flips out and tries to hit him.
 * It's clear that Stradlater doesn't want to hurt him, but he's also not going to take this lying down (or kneeling, as he is on Holden's chest).
 * After a lot of name-calling Stradlater smacks Holden a good one in the nose, resulting in quite the bloody mess.
 * Holden just keeps sobbing and calling him a moron. He sits on the floor until Stradlater leaves the room, then puts on his hunting hat and stares at himself in the mirror.
 * Holden was worried for Jane because he doesn’t want her to be with Stradlater
 * Stradlater comes back to the dorm from his date with Jane
 * He thanks Holden for letting him use his jacket and then gets mad at Holden because Holden was saying some stuff he didn’t like
 * Stradlater takes a look at the composition that Holden wrote for him
 * Stradlater doesn’t like the composition, so he insults Holden
 * Holden rips it and smokes in the room to annoy Stradlater
 * Holden keeps asking him about the date with Jane but Stradlater wouldn’t say anything significant
 * Holden is angered and charges at Stradlater, but Stradlater gets the upperhand and holds him down on the floor with Holden crying
 * In pain, Holden insults Stradlater, to which Stradlater responds by punching right on the nose where it bleeds
 * The fights stops and Stradlater leaves
 * Holden walks over to Ackley’s room with his nose all bloody

Chapter 6 by Raivyn Brown After returning from his date, Stradlater reads the composition, then angrily tells Holden that it's no wonder he's getting expelled: he doesn't do anything "the way you're supposed to." Holden rips up the assignment. Holden starts smoking a cigarette in the room just to annoy Stradlater, then asks what happened on the date. Stradlater refuses to say. Holden tries to punch him. Stradlater wrestles Holden to the ground. Holden insults Stradlater, who punches Holden, bloodying his nose. After Stradlater leaves, Holden puts on his red hunting hat and looks at his face in the mirror. He thinks the blood makes him look tough, though he's a "pacifist."


 * ======Chapter starts with Holden saying “ SOME THINGS ARE HARD TO REMEMBER”, meaning some details mentioned in this chapter could be altered======
 * ======Stradlater comes back to their room after his date with Jane======
 * ======Stradlater reads the composition he asked Holden to do for him, but is annoyed that he wrote about a baseball glove when he wanted him to write about a room or a house======
 * ======They get into an argument about it and Holden rips up the composition======
 * ======Holden starts smoking in the dorm to annoy Stradlater======
 * ======It drove him crazy when you break any of the rules (47)======
 * ======Holden starts asking Stradlater about his date with Jane======
 * ======Stradlater is annoyed that Jane signed out for 9:30 and he couldn’t go to New York like he planned======
 * ======Stradlater tells Holden to go smoke in the bathroom but Holden ignores him======
 * ======They keep talking and Holden asks if Stradlater asked Jane if she still kept her kings in the back row, which he didn’t======
 * ======Anxious, Holden keeps asking what they did if they didn’t go to New York======
 * ======Stradlater said they just sat in the car, Ed Banky’s car======
 * ======Ed Banky was the basketball coach at Pencey======
 * ======Since Stradlater was the center of the team(his pet), Ed let him borrow his car======
 * ======Holden asks if they had sex in his car and Stradlater replies “ That’s a professional secret, buddy”======
 * ======They start fighting======
 * ======Holden promised to shut up if Stradlater got off of him, Holden didn’t keep that promise so Stradlater punched him harder and mad Holden bleed======
 * ======He then went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror and looked at his face, which had blood all over him======
 * ======He then goes to Ackley’s room for the night======

Chapter 6 Notes - Katie A. Stradlater gets back from his date with Jane, and Holden is very concerned. Every time Holden asks Stradlater about his date, he gives him a sardonic reply. He doesn't ever really give him a straight answer, just attitude, as shown in this conversation. "'You're pretty... late if she only signed out for nine-thirty. Did you make he be late signing in?'...'Who the... signs out of nine-thirty on a Saturday night?'...'Did you go to New York?'...'Ya crazy? How the... could we go to New York if she only signed out for nine-thirty?'" Stradlater and Holden get into a fight, and Stradlater attacks him. He tackles him to the floor and hold him down before punching him, giving him a bloody nose, so, Holden washes his face and decides to go to Ackley's room, though his nose is still bleeding.

Chapter 6 Note: By Clare D.: Plot Summary:
 * Stradlater comes home from his date with Jane
 * He reads Holden's composition and is annoyed that it is not what he asked for, in retaliation and anger Holden tears it up, to the surprise of Stradlater
 * Holden goes on to smoke a cigarette in the room to annoy Stradlater, since it is against the rules
 * The tension increases as Holden asks Stradlater about his date, but he refuses to give details, which infuriates Holden
 * Stradlater starts to mess with Holden, but Holden attacks him, but is then pinned to the floor and beat up
 * Holden continues to insult Stradlater, calling him a moron, so he continues to be assaulted
 * Stradlater becomes worried that he will get into trouble so he leaves the room
 * Holden, blood soaked, walks into Ackley’s room to look for a friend


 * Ch.6 Summary by Mihan M.: **
 * **Tells about how he has a foggy memory **
 * **Stradlater comes back from his date **
 * **He thanks Holden for letting him borrow his jacket **
 * **Holden noticed that he seemed pretty mad **
 * **Stradlater gets mad for Holden not staying on topic **
 * **Stradlater insults Holden for the writing, Holden rips it up and starts to smoke to annoy Stradlater **
 * **Holden provokes him into telling about his date with Jade, Stradlater gets even angrier **
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">After getting an idea of what happened, Holden somewhat remembers that he went to punch Stradlater, but only grazed him **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The two get into a small fight **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stradlater stops when he makes Holden bleed, he then stops and the two leave their bedroom **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Holden looks at himself with fascination at the amount of blood that was on him **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He then goes into Ackley’s room **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Important Quote:__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">”You never saw such gore in your life. I had blood all over my mouth and chin and even on my pajamas and bathrobe. It partly scared me and partly fascinated me. All that blood and all sort of made me look tough. I’d only been in about two fights in my life, and I lost both of them. I’m not too tough. I’m a pacifist, if you want to know the truth.” (51-52). **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ch. 6 Summary: Kevin Kim **
 * Holden is getting paranoid about Stradlater and his date. Stradlater returns.
 * Stradlater starts reading the composition. He gets mad when he reads about a baseball glove when it was supposed to be about a room or house. In retaliation, Holden rips it up and starts smoking.
 * Holden tries to toy with him by making him talk about his date. During this conversation, Holden notices that maybe the date didn't go so well.
 * Stradlater and Holden being to argue even more.
 * Holden states that he doesn't remember this part well. All he remembers is that he got up and tries to punch Stradlater. However he misses.
 * The two fight in their room.
 * Stradlater notices that he made Holden bleed and decides to back off and tell him to go wash his face.
 * Holden looks at the amount of blood and is fascinated, claiming it makes him "look tough".
 * He realizes that Ackley is probably awake and goes into his room.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Morgan W.: Chapter 6 Notes **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stradlater finally comes back from his date with Jane, but says nothing about it. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stradlater reads Holden’s composition and yells at Holden for not writing about a room or house like he was suppose to. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Holden rips up the paper and lights up a cigarette to annoy Stradlater. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Holden finally asks about Stradlater's date, but he doesn't really answer and says that they hung out in Ed Banky’s car. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Holden flips out and tries and tries to hit him for not saying what happened. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stradlater sits on Holden's chest trying to hold him down while Holden calls him names. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stradlater leaves the room sand Holden stares at himself in the mirror with blood on his face. **

Alexa K.:


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chapter 6 **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On that same saturday night, Holden waits for Stradlater to return **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">he is worried that the two of them “got it on” **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">when he does return, he doesn’t mention anything from his date **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He reads the composition, but does not approve, as it doesn’t apply to the prompt **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stradlater says this is why Holden is failing every class **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Aggravated, Holden rips the paper up **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">to make things worse, Holden lights a cigarette and smokes in his bed **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This really upsets Stradlater because that is against the rules and he never breaks the rules **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As stradlater cuts his toenails, which seems like a regular occurrence for him, Holden asks about his date **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">he is looking for a specific answer of what they did on their date **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He answers by saying they didn’t go out but they hung out in the baseball coaches car. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stradlater was allowed to use his car on certain days **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">this upset Holden because he knows what he could’ve done in the car with Jane **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Holden can’t take it any longer and attempts to hit him. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stradlater does not want to hurt him, but will not let him win **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stradlater sits on Holden, who seems too weak to fight back **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He does fight back with words. He calls Stradlater a moron which really puts him over the edge. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stradlater smacks Holden in the nose causing him to lay on the floor, too emotional to get up and blood all over his face. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He waits for Stradlater to leave the room **

=**Erica T.:**=


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chapter 6 **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">After returning from his date, Stradlater reads the composition, then tells Holden that he did the whole thing wrong. **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Holden then starts to smoke a cigarette just to annoy Stradlater, then ask what happened on the date **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stradlater refuses to say **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Holden tries to punch him **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stradlater then tackles Holden to the ground **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Holden insults Stradlater, who punches him in the nose **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Holden thinks the blood on his face makes him look tough **

Ch. 6: Raivyn B.:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">After returning from his date, Stradlater reads the composition, then angrily tells Holden that it's no wonder he's getting expelled: he doesn't do anything "the way you're supposed to." Holden rips up the assignment because of the way Stradlater reacted to the composition.Holden starts smoking a cigarette in the room just to annoy Stradlater, then asks what happened on the date. Stradlater refuses to say. Holden tries to punch him. Stradlater wrestles Holden to the ground. Holden keeps insulting Stradlater, who punches Holden, making his nose bleed.After Stradlater leaves, Holden puts on his red hunting hatand looks at his face in the mirror. He thinks the blood makes him look tough. **

=**Chapter 6 Notes : Sujin Bang**=
 * It seems as if Holden is irritated and worried about something in the beginning of the chapter (about Jane and how Stradlater's date with her went)
 * It is past tense and it talks about how Holden couldn't really remember the day when Stradlater had a date with Jane.
 * Stradlater reads the composition Holden wrote for him but he isn't "satisfied" because Holden was apparently supposed to write about a room or a house, but he wrote his brother's (Allie) baseball glove. (If you're going to complain about something you asked someone else to do, why do ask in the first place??)
 * It is kind of ironic that Stradlater says this is the reason Holden is getting kicked out of school (he doesn't do what he is asked to do), when he is going to get kicked out if he doesn't do his work and he asks a person who is getting kicked out to do his work.
 * Holden "interrogates" Stradlater what he did on his date with Jane, and he gets mad because Stradlater wasn't really "truthfully" answering his questions (and I guess he got mad because what he thought Stradlater did with Jane)
 * Holden then punches Stradlater but it doesn't really hurt him, and Holden is now on the floor because Stradlater is strong and he got mad too.
 * holden keeps calling Stradlater a sonuvabitch and a moron, then he is back on the floor, this time, with blood. (Why doe Holden keep irritating Stradlater even though he knows he can't really win?)
 * It's kind of weird that Holden says he looks disgusting with blood all over his mouth and clothes, but he looks tough with blood all over. (I personally think it does not make look tough if you have blood all over you)
 * Then Holden goes in to Ackley's room because he thinks he woke up by the racket(???) (For what reason does he go into Ackley's room if he thinks the room stinks and all?)
 * __Linoleum__ - (n.) A material of a canvas backing thickly coated with a preparation of linseed oil and powdered cork, used especially as a floor covering
 * __Pacifist__ - (n.) a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable

Grace S - Chapter 6
 * Holden was waiting for Stradlater to return from his date with Jane, and Holden was really worried about how their date went
 * Stradlater enters the room and complains about how cold it is and wonders where everyone is. As Holden is calling him stupid for not realizing its a Saturday in his head, Stradlater starts to undress and says nothing about his date, and simply thanks Holden for letting him borrow his hound's-tooth jacket
 * Stradlater asks about the composition Holden had written for him, and Holden directs him to where it is. Stradlater then realizes its not about a house like it was supposed to be, it was about Allie's baseball mitt. The two boys get into a slight argument about it, and Holden tears up the composition
 * Holden starts smoking on his bed to annoy Stradlater
 * Holden and Stradlater finally talk about Stradlater's date with Jane, talking about how Stradlater came back late and how they couldn't go to NY like Stradlater had wanted to
 * Stradlater tells Holden to smoke in the bathroom but Holden just ignores him
 * They continue to talk about how the date went, and how Stradlater said he gave Jane Holden's regards but he really didn't, etc...
 * Stradlater admits that he hung out with Jane in Ed Banky's car. Holden asks if he had sex with her, to which he replies, "That's a professional secret, buddy" (49)
 * Holden and Stradlater get in a fight
 * Alarmingly, Holden tries to punch Stradlater in a way that would poke his toothbrush through his neck, but he missed and Stradlater got on top of him
 * They start screaming at each other, but then Holden promises to shut up if Stradlater gets off him
 * Holden didn't shut up, and Stradlater punched Holden in the face and drew blood
 * The fight ends with some comments back and forth between the two boys, and then Holden goes to look at his beat-up face in the mirror after he puts his red hunting cap on. The blood and gore "scared" and "fascinated" him
 * Holden says he's a pacifist (after he tried to puncture Stradlater's throat with a toothbrush that was in Stradlater's mouth)
 * The chapter ends with Holden deciding to go to Ackley's room for a visit, just to see what he was up to
 * "It always had a funny stink in it, because he was so crumby in his personal habits" (52)

Shihab P. =__**Summary**__= Why does Holden keep trying to fight Stradlater if he know's he can't win? Why does he decide to go to Ackley's room when earlier he said he didn't like it there?
 * The chapter starts with Holden waiting for Stradlater's return. He was worried as to how the date went.
 * Upon returning, Stradlater complains about how the composition Holden had written for him. Holden was supposed to write about a room or a house, but instead he wrote about Allie's glove.
 * They get in an argument, and Holden ends up ripping the composition. He then starts to smoke in order to annoy Stradlater.
 * Holden asks Stradlater questions about their date, and then gets mad due to Stradlater not "truthfully" answering him.
 * Holden becomes angered and punches Stradlater, but it does not hurt much. This causes Stradlater to get mad, and jump on Holden.
 * Holden promised to shut up if Stradlater got off him, but he didn't keep the promise, which caused Stradlater to punch him harder and make Holden bleed.
 * Holden looks in the mirror and describes himself as disgusting and tough due to the blood on his face.
 * He then decides to go to Ackley's room for a visit.