In "The Catcher in the Rye-, he has no real interest in school or any other institution. ... Furthermore, despite Holden's reluctance to grow up, "The Catcher in the Rye- is still described as a bildungsroman. ... When Holden tries to rub out the graffiti at Phoebe's school in order to protect the minds of the innocent children he is becoming the catcher in the rye. This is reinforced at the end of the book when he purports to miss everyone mentioned, one feels that he would like to have protected them and caught them in the rye like the children, he doesn't want them to have gr...

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