What does Ackley brag to Holden about in Chapter 5?

Asked by: Juan Anderson

Summary: Chapter 5 After the excursion, Mal goes off to look for a bridge game, and Ackley sits on Holden’s bed squeezing pimples and concocting stories about a girl he claims to have had sex with the summer before.

What does Ackley come to Holden’s room to talk about in Ch 5?

When they get back to the dorm, Ackley sits on Holden’s bed and picks his pimples and won’t leave after a barrage of hints that, really, he should leave. Now. Ackley then proceeds to tell a fake sex story (and we can tell it’s fake because it contains inconsistencies). Finally, he gets out of there.

What do Brossard Ackley and Holden do together in Chapter 5?

What does Holden do with Mal Brossard and Ackley? Holden Holden eats hamburgers and plays pinball with Mal Brossard and Ackley and they originally planned on seeing a movie, but Ackley and Brossard saw it already.

What does Ackley do that bothers Holden?

Ackley does not seem to have many friends. He prevents Holden from reading by puttering around the room and pestering him with annoying questions. Ackley further aggravates Holden by cutting his fingernails on the floor, despite Holden’s repeated requests that he stop.

What Holden asks Ackley?

By now, Ackley has fallen asleep. Holden wakes him up and asks him what’s the deal with joining a monastery, and if you have to be Catholic to do it.

What happens in chapter 5 of Catcher in the Rye?

Summary: Chapter 5
After a dry and unappetizing steak dinner in the dining hall, Holden gets into a snowball fight with some of the other Pencey boys. He and his friend Mal Brossard decide to take a bus into Agerstown to see a movie—though Holden hates movies—and Holden convinces Mal to let Ackley go with them.

Why does Holden invite Ackley to the movies?

He invites Ackley to come along with him and Mal Brossard to the movies because no one else would hang out with Ackley for the night.

Does Holden express dislike or sympathy for Ackley at the end of chapter 5?

Does Holden express dislike or sympathy for Ackley at the end of this chapter? He expresses sympathy for Ackley.

Why do you think Holden hangs out with Ackley even though he seems to dislike him?

Why do you think Holden hangs out with Ackley even though he seems to dislike him? Holden hangs out with Ackley even though he seems to dislike him because Holden is lonely and wants to be around people even though they’re not people that he particularly likes.

Why does Holden not like to sit next to Brossard and Ackley at the movies?

They do not go to the movie because Brossard and Ackley had already seen the movie that was playing. Why does Holden not like to sit next to Brossard and Ackley at the movies? Brossard and Ackley laugh excessively while watching a movie.

Why does Holden become angry with Ackley?

Holden is angry because Ackley is interested only in the reasons for the fight rather than providing comfort for Holden. 3. Holden says that the fight was over Stradlater’s saying that Ackley had a lousy personality. Sadly, Ackley believes him, but then Holden tells him that he was kidding.

What question does Holden ask Ackley when he’s trying to sleep?

What questions, does Holden asks Ackley, when he goes in his room, and wakes him up? He asks if Ackley wants to play Canasta, and if Holden can sleep in his roomate’s (Ely’s) bed.

Why does Holden lie to Ackley about the fight?

Holden teases that he was defending Ackley’s honor from Stradlater, but admits that he is lying when he gets Ackley’s interest up. Holden wants to sleep in the bed of Ackley’s roommate, but Ackley does not let him do this and hassles Holden to turn the light off so that he can get back to sleep.

How does Ackley react when Holden goes into his room?

2 things Ackley complains about/shocked by when Holden comes into his room. Complains about noise. Shocked by bloody face.

When Ackley insists on hearing the reasons for the fight How does Holden answer him?

When Ackley insists on hearing the reasons for the fight, how does Holden answer him? Holden tells him Stradlater said Ackley had a lousy personality.