Holden in Catcher in the Rye

Growing up poses ch altogetherenges to most people by leaving the innocence of childhood, to grimace the maturity of facing the adulthood. The causa Holden Caulfield from, The Catcher in The Rye, by J.D Salinger, discovers that he needinesss to nourish kids, scarcely realizes he needs to wrick up. He wants to protect kids from the everlasting(a) world. However, he is struggling because he would prefer to stay innocent, sooner than dealing with phoniness. He learns that all kids need to mature.\nHolden has the need to protect kids from losing their innocence, because he thinks that the world he lives in is filled with phonies. He states, I kept see all these poor kids performing some game in this big field of rye. Thousands of little kids and nobodys around-except me. Im standing on the edge of some balmy cliff. What I seduce to do, I have to catch everybody if they break up to go over the cliff, (Pg. 173). He in addition mentions that it is non that kids who he wants to protect, but also Jane Gallagher. Holdens relationship with her is innocent, which shows his concern. She is the symbol of purity. Holden wants to protect her from Stradlater, pr scourting them from fooling around. As a result, Holdens want to protect innocence proves how much(prenominal) he wants to preserve innocence, even though he has to mature.\n non only does he have to mature, but he also struggles with maturity as well. He wishes that he could fit in with the adult world by showing that he is mature. For instance, when Holden goes to the lavender Room in chapter 10, he pretends to be of legal mount by ordering a scotch and soda. Of course, he gets caught in the act, and ends up ordering just a soda. Likewise, in chapter 14, later relieving Holden of his funds, Maurice physically attacks him. Then he smacked meal I matte was this terrific punch in my stomach, (Pg. 103). In essence, he shows Holden what strain of person he does not want to be. Despite Maurices action , he represents a v...