Chapter 5

Holden goes to dinner,it is steak. He thinks they only have steak so that their mothers will be impressed when they ask what they had for dinner and they say steak. He and one of his friends decide to go to a movie. Holden asks if it would be ok if Ackley comes with them. his friend does not seem too thrilled, but says he can come along. They go into the city,but end up not watching a movie because Ackley and his other friend have already seen the movie. So instead they just go and eat some burgers and then go back to Pency.After they get back Ackley goes into Holdens room again and starts squeesing his pimples again. He finally leaves when Holden starts working on Stradlaters english paper. He is suppossed to write a discription about a room or house, but instead he writes about his brother Allies baseball glove. he starts talking about Allie and how he was a smart, nice and innocent child. He talks about the night Allie died and how he slept in the garage and broke all the windows in it with his bear hands. You can tell he really misses Allie and is struggling because of his loss.

In this chapter you learn a lot about Holdens brother that died. You really get the sense that he was close to his brother and has never been the same since his death, and probably never will be. I think Holdens family was a very happy one before his brother died, but since his death the whole family has changed.