Examples Of Innocence In Catcher In The Rye

He couldn’t give a single, solid answer to the question. All he said was Allie. But Allie is gone, and Holden is holding on the the past, a place where he feels, or felt, safe and wants to go back to his times with Allie, who he misses very much. This conversation with Phoebe made Holden really think about what he was been doing for the past years, pushing everyone to the side, not caring about anyone or anything; no friends, failing school, and he comes to recognize that childhood was good, not adulthood or this awful in-between that he is stuck in.

In The Catcher in The Rye, by J.D, the main character, Holden, can be seen as a troubled teenager growing up in a less than perfect society. Throughout the novel Holden struggles with the fact that many young and innocent kids will grow up and see the world from a different perspective. He naturally becomes worried for all future generations who will one day grow, as he did, and loose their innocence. The fixation of youth and innocence can be seen in the title of the book, as well as throughout the novel.

In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden’s outlook in life is either the innocence of childhood or the cruelty of adulthood. He believes that the innocence of childhood is very valuable and it should be protected from

The Catcher in the Rye is a classic novel about an eventful week of Holden Caulfield. Holden lives a pretty interesting, yet depressing, life. One event, that makes this book so famous, is his misinterpretation of the poem, Comin’ Thro’ the Rye. Holden Misinterpretation of the poem leads to his deep feeling of wanting to stop children from growing up and Salinger's point that growing up is ok.

Phoebe is shown to be the only character that Holden seems to truly be affectionate towards, because she is a form of innocence and does not depict the realities of the world. She allows him to be an escapist.

In THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger, Holden is talking to his younger sister, Phoebe, after he snuck into his apartment. During their conversation, Phoebe asks Holden what he would like to be when he grew up to which Holden responds with, "I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all." Holden's answer is naive and he himself criticizes the idea saying that it was "crazy." His answer allows the reader to delve deeper into Holden's character and interpret Holden as a protector of innocence. Holden's answer supports the novels underlying theme of how it is challenging to maintain childlike innocence in an adult-like world notioned by the Holden's imagery of a cliff and how "nobody big" is present.

Holden Caulfield is a person we can all relate to. For Holden the death of his brother Allie has impacted him through out the book till the end. He has collapsed after his brothers death. It has impacted him a lot he miss his brother Allie so much. Holden loved his brother very much and idealized him so much.

Holden cannot accept the consequences and responsibilities that come with becoming an adult, so Holden struggles to remain a child. He thinks of the adult world as perverted and gross, but he does not realize that he is being bought into that world. He wants to save the kids before they are captured into the adult world. Since Holden has a strong pull to innocence, he worships his two little siblings, Allie and Phoebe. When talking to his little sister, Phoebe, he is awakened back into reality and is pushed to

In the beginning, Holden wanted to preserve innocence. He was attracted to the idea of innocence and disgusted by the opposite. This theme was continued throughout the book. The title, Catcher in the Rye, encases this idea. Holden dreams of being the person who stands at the edge of the rye field and caught kids before they fall off the cliff. However, at the very end of the book, his sister Phoebe was riding the carousel. He described how all the kids were grabbing for the gold ring, including his sister. He says he was afraid she would fall off of the horse, but he did not do anything about it. Holden realized that you have to let kids let go of their innocence. It is how they grow, and it is not his job to protect them from it. He finally

By looking at the book “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger, we can see that the primary message was the preservation of innocence. There are many ways this is represented in the story. The thing that most readers do not realize is that the story is that you have to go in depth in-order to get a better understanding of why Holden wants to preserve innocence. This is important because you get a better understanding of how he does not want other kids to turn out like himself.

We live in a society where kids just want to be all grown up and young adults want to go back to the good old days where all the decisions were made for you. The loss of innocence is inevitable, eventually an event in life will unmask the world for what it really is, resulting in one growing up. Throughout the novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, a 17 year-old who flunked out of Pencey Prep, is in stuck between being a teen and growing up. He fantasizes of becoming a savior of innocence, the catcher in the rye, yet he doesn’t save anyone in the novel. Innocence is a vital part of the novel, in terms of struggling against the idea of growing up. In The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger presents the idea that innocence can only be preserved for so long before losing sight of who you are.

The Catcher in the Rye is a book that shows how deep a book can be examined to show a different meaning. The book makes Holden seem like a neurotic teen who doesn't want to be caught leaving school in the middle of the night. However analyzing the text shows that his thoughts, emotions, and actions all come together to tell a different story. A story about how he wants things to stay the same and for children to keep their innocence. He shows these emotions by the questions he asks or even the way he thinks.

The Catcher in the Rye, a 1951 novel by J.D. Salinger, follows a 16 year old boy named Holden Caulfield, who spends 48 sleep deprived hours traipsing through New York. This novel questions the societal system in which we live, and often speaks on the complex transition from childhood into the adult world. Many of the people and objects symbolize Holden’s perception of innocence and the fragility of happiness. J.D. Salinger uses powerful symbolism to express the thematic idea that the loss of innocence is an inevitable rite of passage for all of humanity.

Jaela Williams. 11/9/15 B.Lewis F band English Revised The Ticking Clock : Saving Innocence One Step at a Time In The Catcher In The Rye In the novel The Catcher in The Rye J.D Salinger biggest theme is innocence but more so the preservation of innocence.

On page 117, he states “In the first place, I hate actors. They never act like people. They just think they do,” and that he keeps worrying about whether the actor is going to do something phony every minute. Despite Holden calling everyone else a phony, he is a phony himself.