The Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye

Chapter 6Chapter 6

►When Stradlater returns from his date When Stradlater returns from his date with Jane Gallagher, he is in a terrible with Jane Gallagher, he is in a terrible mood. mood.

►He asks about the essay, and Holden He asks about the essay, and Holden gives it to him. gives it to him.

►When he reads about Allie’s baseball When he reads about Allie’s baseball mitt, Stradlater freaks out and tells mitt, Stradlater freaks out and tells Holden he does not do anything right. Holden he does not do anything right.

The EssayThe Essay

►All of a sudden, he said, All of a sudden, he said, "For Chrissake, Holden. This "For Chrissake, Holden. This is about a goddam baseball is about a goddam baseball glove."glove."

►"So what?" I said. Cold as "So what?" I said. Cold as hell.hell.

►"Wuddaya mean so what? I "Wuddaya mean so what? I told ya it had to be about a told ya it had to be about a goddam room or a house or goddam room or a house or something."something."

►"You said it had to be "You said it had to be descriptive. What the hell's descriptive. What the hell's the difference if it's about a the difference if it's about a baseball glove?"baseball glove?"

►"God damn it." He was sore as hell. He "God damn it." He was sore as hell. He was really furious. "You always do was really furious. "You always do everything backasswards." He looked at everything backasswards." He looked at me. "No wonder you're flunking the hell me. "No wonder you're flunking the hell out of here," he said. "You don't do one out of here," he said. "You don't do one damn thing the way you're supposed to. damn thing the way you're supposed to. I mean it. Not one damn thing."I mean it. Not one damn thing."

►Holden, who had been very pleased Holden, who had been very pleased with the composition, takes it from with the composition, takes it from Stradlater and rips it up.Stradlater and rips it up.

Stradlater’s DateStradlater’s Date►"Did you go to New York?" I said."Did you go to New York?" I said.►"Ya crazy? How the hell could we go to New "Ya crazy? How the hell could we go to New

York if she only signed out for nine-thirty?"York if she only signed out for nine-thirty?"►"That's tough.""That's tough."►"Did you give her my regards?" I asked "Did you give her my regards?" I asked

him.him.►"Yeah.""Yeah."►The hell he did, the bastard.The hell he did, the bastard.

►"If you didn't go to New York, where'd ya go "If you didn't go to New York, where'd ya go with her?" I asked him, after a little while. I with her?" I asked him, after a little while. I could hardly keep my voice from shaking all could hardly keep my voice from shaking all over the place. Boy, was I getting nervous. I over the place. Boy, was I getting nervous. I just had a feeling something had gone funny.just had a feeling something had gone funny.

►"Nowhere. We just sat in the goddam car." "Nowhere. We just sat in the goddam car." He gave me another one of those playful He gave me another one of those playful stupid little socks on the shoulder.stupid little socks on the shoulder.

►"Cut it out," I said. "Whose car?""Cut it out," I said. "Whose car?"►"Ed Banky's.""Ed Banky's."

The FightThe Fight►This next part I don't remember so hot. This next part I don't remember so hot.

All I know is I got up from the bed, like I All I know is I got up from the bed, like I was going down to the can or was going down to the can or something, and then I tried to sock something, and then I tried to sock him, with all my might, right smack in him, with all my might, right smack in the toothbrush, so it would split his the toothbrush, so it would split his goddam throat open. goddam throat open.

►Only, I missed. I didn't connect. All I Only, I missed. I didn't connect. All I did was sort of get him on the side of did was sort of get him on the side of the head or something. the head or something.

► It probably hurt him a little bit, but not It probably hurt him a little bit, but not as much as I wanted. as much as I wanted.

► It probably would've hurt him a lot, but It probably would've hurt him a lot, but I did it with my right hand, and I can't I did it with my right hand, and I can't make a good fist with that hand. On make a good fist with that hand. On account of that injury I told you about.account of that injury I told you about.

►Anyway, the next thing I knew, I was Anyway, the next thing I knew, I was on the goddam floor and he was sitting on the goddam floor and he was sitting on my chest, with his face all red. on my chest, with his face all red.

►That is, he had his goddam knees on That is, he had his goddam knees on my chest, and he weighed about a ton. my chest, and he weighed about a ton.

►He had hold of my wrists, too, so I He had hold of my wrists, too, so I couldn't take another sock at him. couldn't take another sock at him.

► I'd've killed him.I'd've killed him.

MoronsMorons►When Stradlater finally lets When Stradlater finally lets

Holden up, Holden calls him a Holden up, Holden calls him a “stupid sonuvabitch of a “stupid sonuvabitch of a moron.”moron.”

►““That's just the trouble with That's just the trouble with all you morons. You never all you morons. You never want to discuss anything. want to discuss anything.

►That's the way you can always That's the way you can always tell a moron. They never want tell a moron. They never want to discuss anything intellig—”to discuss anything intellig—”

►Then he really let one go at me, and Then he really let one go at me, and the next thing I knew I was on the the next thing I knew I was on the goddam floor again. goddam floor again.

► I don't remember if he knocked me out I don't remember if he knocked me out or not, but I don't think so. It's pretty or not, but I don't think so. It's pretty hard to knock a guy out, except in the hard to knock a guy out, except in the goddam movies. goddam movies.

►But my nose was bleeding all over the But my nose was bleeding all over the place.place.

► I kept sitting there on the I kept sitting there on the floor till I heard old Stradlater floor till I heard old Stradlater close the door and go down close the door and go down the corridor to the can. the corridor to the can.

►Then I got up. Then I got up. ► I couldn't find my goddam I couldn't find my goddam

hunting hat anywhere. Finally hunting hat anywhere. Finally I found it. It was under the I found it. It was under the bed. I put it on, and turned bed. I put it on, and turned the old peak around to the the old peak around to the back, the way I liked it, and back, the way I liked it, and then I went over and took a then I went over and took a look at my stupid face in the look at my stupid face in the mirror. mirror.

►You never saw such gore in your life. You never saw such gore in your life. ► I had blood all over my mouth and I had blood all over my mouth and

chin and even on my pajamas and chin and even on my pajamas and bath robe. bath robe.

► It partly scared me and it partly It partly scared me and it partly fascinated me. fascinated me.

►All that blood and all sort of made All that blood and all sort of made me look tough. me look tough.

► I'd only been in about two fights in I'd only been in about two fights in my life, and I lost both of them. my life, and I lost both of them.

► I'm not too tough. I'm not too tough. ► I'm a pacifist, if you want to know I'm a pacifist, if you want to know

the truth.the truth.

► I had a feeling old Ackley'd probably I had a feeling old Ackley'd probably heard all the racket and was awake. heard all the racket and was awake.

►So I went through the shower curtains So I went through the shower curtains into his room, just to see what the hell into his room, just to see what the hell he was doing. he was doing.

► I hardly ever went over to his room. I hardly ever went over to his room. ► It always had a funny stink in it, It always had a funny stink in it,

because he was so crumby in his because he was so crumby in his personal habits.personal habits.

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