Stradlater

Since we started reading this book, Stradlater has sort of stuck out to me. He reminds me of any other high school jock. He thinks he's big and bad and can't do anything wrong. He loves himself and seems to think that everyone else should love him just the same. He;s the type of guy that goes from girl to girl and doesn't care who knows it or what others think of it. He irritates me by how he portrays himself as a guy who just doesn't talk about having sex with other girls, he actually goes through with it. Also how he has these moves that he does and he's as smooth as silk or suave as hell when he tries to get girls. He thinks of himself as a god because of it, but he's really just a player, who one way or another is going to bury himself in his own games.
One thing that made Stardlater jump out at me was his razor. He never cleans it, so it has rust all over it and it just doesn't sound very sanitary at all. Wouldn't you guess that someone who puts as much effort into looking good and thinking he looks good, have a little better hygiene? I would think yes, but in Stardlater's case I guess it's not.
Stradlater hates to be called a moron. He has a tad bit of a temper when he is called that name, so he takes it out the only way he knows how, by hitting the person that said it. It seems to me that he wants to portray himself as the tough guy, but that he is really only a regular guy looking to get noticed. I'm not sure that his facade will last very long. I think that later on in the book Stardlater will come back into the story line and be put into his place by another character; even though Holden has left him and all the other students at Pencey behind. How I think Stradlater will come back is this: Holden will meet up with old family friend, Jane Gallagher, they will catch up and Holden will find out what happened on the night of her and Stardlater's date. He might find out something that he doesn't like very much and Holden will some how get back at Stardlater one way or another.
So far, I like the book. Stradlater, on the other hand, is one of my least favorite characters. He is because of the way he acts and just how he comes off as a stuck up, snotty, rich guy who thinks everyone should love him.