He often finds himself fighting the biological clock, which will eventually result in old age and death. ... The two most dominating conflicts for Holden are innocence and experience. ... (pg. 62)" Sex is the adversary for the innocence of young children. Innocence is the most dominating conflict for Holden. ... The greatest child that holds innocence is Phoebe. ...
I came to choose it because I heard it is about a boy who is around my age. ... The theme of this novel is how innocence is corrupted by society. ... This symbolizes that Holden wants to be the catcher in the rye because he wants to protect the vulnerable, especially to prevent small children from losing their innocence and becoming corrupted by society as they grow up. ... Even though Holden believes in honesty or innocence, he is a pessimistic character because he seems to find something depressing in almost everything and everyone. ...
Salinger portrays the difficulties that go along with the "coming of age" through Holden Caulfield's point of view. ... The way he looked over Allie and how adults look over a child's innocence. ... The reader can now realize that Holden has took upon the responsibility to save the innocence of youth and rebels against his own parents whom took away his childhood innocence. ... In order to protect this innocence, Holden starts with Phoebe by believing in everything she pursues. ...
His comments of innocence help establish this connection. Someone who is trying to learn the stages of developing into a mature adult would not develop as soon, or as fully when spending their time solely with those who are five to seven years of age. ... Harrison Smith has defined Holden's friendships quite clearly "What was wrong with Holden was his moral revulsion against anything that was ugly, evil, cruel, or what he called "phony' and his acute responsiveness to beauty and innocence, especially the innocence of the very young." ...
Moreover, Holden also talks a lot about how much her age intrigued him. ... It is almost as if Holden wants to protect Jane's innocence, because it is where he feels the most comfortable with her. ... This also reveals how Holden is not only bad at making connections with people his age, but with adults as well, as he admits, "I'm not crazy about talking to girls' mothers on the phone,". ... Because he is older, he feels this sense of maturity and mattering, things that he never feels when he is around people his age or older. ... In contrast, Holden has severe issues ...
He wants to protect the innocence of little kids just having fun playing a game. ... He often focuses on innocence and childhood which is the opposite of what he fears, which is growing up. ... Whenever he talks with a person his age or older he always lies or doesn't like that person and calls them a phony. ... To get Holden's ego to control his id I would try to show him that the world is not all bad, and there is more to like than just Allie and children's innocence. ...
The Catcher in the Rye, An Analysis of Holden Caulfield From the beginning of the story, it J.D. Salinger made it clear that the problems that were troubling Holden were deeper that issues of typical teen angst. Holden was self-destructive and emotionally unstable. The death of his younger broth...
Holden's fall seems to begin at an early age, since he refers to his early days as "my lousy childhood" (Salinger, 1). ... His fall into depression was very hard to deal with but with his love for his sister, an image of innocence and purity, he was able to pull himself together again. ...
