Chapter 6:
Characters: Stradlater, Holden.
Theme: Jealousy. Stradlater took Jane out, and when he came home he didn’t say anything about the date. Holden got irritated and started asking questions. “That’s a professional secret, buddy,” Stradlater told him, and he got very angry.
Symbol: “All the kings in the back row.” Symbolizes a girls' innocence.
Summary:
Holden can't seem to get Jane off his mind, and then Stradlater comes home and doesn't say anything about the date. He reads the essay Holden wrote for him, and calls him stupid because it was supposed to be about a room or something basic and simple. Instead he wrote it about his dead brothers baseball mit that had poems written on it. Holden tries not to bring up Jane but cannot resist so he asks how the date was. Stradlater tells him it was a secret so tension rises immediatly, especially after he tells Holden they were Ed Banky's car. Holden eventally attcks Stradlater, and Stradlater hits him and pins him to the floor to calm him down. Holden drives him crazy and Stradlater hits him in the face, his nose starts bleeding, but then Stradlater worried that he hurt him so he gets up, and leaves the room. Holden goes out to Ackley's room.
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