Relations *Positive*

One person that Holden seems to somewhat enjoy other than his dead brother Allie and his little sister Phobe whom he cares for deeply is in my opinion Ackley. In Holden's time of struggle after his fight with Stradlater and his obvious loss he goes to Ackley for comfort in having someone else there for him. Ackley not knowing the situation Holden is in just goes back to sleep as if this were nothing and while alone Holden decides to leave Prency Prep early without notifying others. Once outside of the dorms Holden yells at the top of his voice "Sleep tight, ya morons!", obviously Holden expected more from not only that school but is supposed friend Ackley. Holden also kept speaking nonsense when Ackley was asleep and he was allowed to lay on Ackley's roommates bed since he was gone. With things like "Tell me the story of your fascinating life, Ackley kid". In that quote I presume that Holden was trying to make someone else feel bad or possibly annoy Ackley into friendship so that he wouldn't feel so afraid of being alone.