Journal Entry 7

Chapter 7:

Characters: Holden & Ackley

Theme: How he hates the prep school

Symbol: Wanting to join the monastary- he may want to be involved in something more, but is still worried there are phonies or 'basterds'

Summary: He is in Ackleys room, and they talk about the blood on his face, why Holden wants a light on, what the hell he's doing IN HIS room, and why he wants to play Canasta at about midnight. Holden asks Ackley if he can sleep in his roommates bed because he leaves ever weekend. Ackley doesn't like that idea, and thinks it would be bad if for some reason his roommate came home to find some other guy in his bed. Holden then sits on the bed, and starts to think about Jane and Stradlater which made him sick. He reasures Ackley he's not staying there, and Ackley falls asleep but Holden isn't done talking so wakes him up again. He brings up becoming a monastary without being a catholic, but thinks he'd be stuck with bastards. He then leaves, and decides he's going to go to New York to wait for his parents to read the letter about him getting kicked out. He grabs his stuff and leaves.