Date: September 26, 2007
Entery Number: 7
Page/Quote reflecting on: Pg. 47
It is quite interesting how Stradlater and Ackley are somewhat juxtaposed but then have similarities too. To Holden, both Stradlater and Ackley are stupid but if you stand Stradlater next to Ackley, Stradlater is a genius. With Stradlater, "You didn't have to explain every...little thing with him,the way you had to do with Ackley" (33). Stradlater wasn't slow like Ackley but Strad was never interested in much unless it had some type of sex appeal in it. Ackley was just really nosey. It's funny how both guys are somewhat slobbish. It is more clearly demonstrated by Ackley with his teeth, how he messes with his acne a lot, his crummy nails, and other stuff as well. Stradlater is secret in his slobbish ways, though. Strad looks good but the razor he shaves with is old, rusty, and full of lather and hair. He never cleans it out. That just grosses me out. Both of them gross me out and both are disgusting, sometimes in different ways. They are both on different social status levels but they both have things in common.
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