Why Does Holden Play A Game With Ackley Analysis

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Why does Holden want to play a game with Ackley? “I got up and went over and looked out the window. I felt lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wished I was dead” (pg 48). Why does Holden decide to leave Pency early? “Almost every time somebody gives me a present, it ends up making me sad” (pg 52). “’May I ask your name, dear?’ ‘Rudolf Schmidt,’ I told her. I didn’t feel like giving her my whole life history” (pg 54-55). Why does he lie to her about Ernest? “Then I started reading this timetable I had in my pocket. Just to stop lying” (pg 58). Mitch Ronzia Chapters 7-10 Annotations Holden is all upset about his fight with Stradlater. He decides to be nice to Ackley, whom he hates, to get his mind off of Stradlater and…show more content…
He let go of a girl he used to like, got in a fight with his roommate, and got kicked out of yet another school. Either this or the fact that Holden can’t really connect with anybody would make him feel like this. He feels although he’s living amongst “phony” people and can’t really talk to anyone. He feels very depressed while at Pency because of his inability to connect with anyone there, or because he’s being kicked out and will miss it. Holden decides to stay at a hotel instead where he can relax and not have to deal with anyone at Percy anymore. Holden feels sad every time he receives a present because he feels although he didn’t deserve it. For example, the ice skates his mother took the time to buy, and now he’s being kicked out. He feels like he let her down. Holden gives a fake name so he wouldn’t have to elaborate on his life to this woman. He also might’ve given this name to avoid being embarrassed if her son knew who she was really sitting next to. The main reason Holden lies to her is because he’s bored and he has a skill for lying. But I also think he lies to her to make her feel good about her son. Holden stops lying to her because he states that he can go on lying for hours but just didn’t feel like it. I think he stopped lying because he felt bad about doing it. Chap 7 Chap

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