Catcher in the Rye
...a cliff. He wants to save them from falling into adulthood. Holden want to stop them growing up and wants to save their innocence. This is a part of his character. He is always caring about children and trying to protect them. He helped a girl tie up her skates, bought his sister a record and even tried to rub out the curse words off walls. It “drove him damn near crazy” as he “thought about how Phoebe and all the other kids would see it… and maybe even worry about it for a couple days.” Holden doesn’t feel interested in hardly anything but children do interest him. Phoebe points out that he doesn’t like anything but Holden’s wish shows he can interact with some people in this world. Holden himself still acts like a kid. He hasn’t become mature. It makes sense that he would also want to stop others from entering the adult world too. When Sally is angry at him, instead of making her feel better he laughs at her. He troubles the cab driver with childlike curiosity of where the ducks go when it is winter. Holden’s wish to be catcher in the rye shows his fascination with childhood and disapproval of the adult world. The wish to be catcher in the rye also helps the reader to understand Holden’s troubles and concerns. Holden is very concerned about change; he really hates it. Even at the museum he loves the Eskimo’s and Indians because they never change. For Holden, the best thing in “that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody’d be different.” Going over that cliff and entering adulthood would be a very lar...