I think I related to Holden Caulfield in this chapter, more than any other time. I see him as being very vulnerable after the fight between him and Stradlater. He has no one to talk to really, nowhere to go. Yeah he turns to Ackley, but I think, deep down, he doesn't really want to turn to anybody. He calls Ackley a "Prince" and a "true gentleman" and says he's sincere when he says it, which really means a lot to me. It means that he can stop criticising for a second and let Ackley know how he truly feels towards him.
Holden also talks about feeling very lonesome. And I can relate to that; immensely. He says that whenever he thinks about a certain thing he just gets sad and I totally get that. I appreciate how honest he is with his feelings. Yeah he can be brutally honest, and a bit of a jerk, but at least he's also truthful about bad feelings he has and doesn't try to hide them.
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