While both authors had experienced high school life before, only Roger Ebert had related the movies events to his own past high school experiences. He is able to do this when talking about the movies references on how important it was for the guys to have sex before they graduate, saying “Such deprivation used to be commonplace; I am of the opinion that only about two members of the Urbana High School graduating class of 1960 had experienced sex….” Roger Ebert was able to make a good connection from the movie to his past experiences. Meanwhile, LaSalle had made different connections between the movie and his past high school experiences, were not as significant as Eberts. The only connection LaSalle made throughout his whole review was when he was talking about the guys struggles to buy the alcohol for the party. LaSalle states “to be at an age when just buying a six-pack requires the detailed planning of a master criminal.” The readers can further infer here that LaSalle is making a reference to his knowledge of the difficulty for underage teenagers to buy alcohol. Even though the authors have different relations from their own past experiences, they can still relate themselves to the characters in the