Holden's Fear of Growing Up in The Cather In The Rye my innocence. The novel displays symbols and images through Holden's interactions with his sister Phoebe, the red hunting hat in which Holden finds comical, the baseball glove, and the Museum of Natural History. Holden uses them to express his rejection of change and growing up. Through a closer look at these symbols and images, we can begin to understand the mind of Holden Caulfield and his fear of growing up. Phoebe, Holden's younger sister, is the symbol of childhood innocence that Holden hopes to protect from this phony world. filled with filth and disgusting reality. Holden believed that children were innocent because they viewed the world and society without any prejudice. Throughout the novel, Holden clings to memories of Allie as an innocent child, but cannot do anything now because Allie is dead. He now does everything possible to preserve Phoebe's innocence by always feeding her and surrounding her with childish events. However, Holden gets a lot of joy from seeing her in this type of environment. Because Holden has been exposed to this phony world and cannot regain his innocence, he believes that taking Phoebe to a ride will help preserve her childhood. Holden thinks it is important that Phoebe maintains her innocence and remains a child for as long as possible because, from personal experience, Holden has never really shown affection for anyone except for 'a small handful. He saw evil in almost everyone and saw the world as corrupt, that's why Holden Caulfield is afraid of the g...... middle of paper ...... museum because even though life went on and things happened in the real world, he could always go back to the museum and expect the same thing as the last time he was there. Yet as much as Holden loves it about museums, he hates the fact that every time he returns, he's older and more mature. He returns with a little less innocence than the previous time. Now that he has identified and explained all of Holden Caulfield's emotional struggles between his curiosity growing up and his need to preserve his innocence through symbols and images, Holden begins to realize his efforts. are useless. He is aware that life goes on and that everyone will be exposed to the cruelty and falsity of the world at one point or another. He simply believed he could postpone the inevitable truth for those he considered still innocent, including himself..

Essay / Holden's Fear of Growing Up in The Cather In The Rye my innocence. The novel displays symbols and images through Holden's interactions with his sister Phoebe, the red hunting hat in which Holden finds comical, the baseball glove, and the Museum of Natural History. Holden uses them to express his rejection of change and growing up. Through a closer look at these symbols and images, we can begin to understand the mind of Holden Caulfield and his fear of growing up. Phoebe, Holden's younger sister, is the symbol of childhood innocence that Holden hopes to protect from this phony world. filled with filth and disgusting reality. Holden believed that children were innocent because they viewed the world and society without any prejudice. Throughout the novel, Holden clings to memories of Allie as an innocent child, but cannot do anything now because Allie is dead. He now does everything possible to preserve Phoebe's innocence by always feeding her and surrounding her with childish events. However, Holden gets a lot of joy from seeing her in this type of environment. Because Holden has been exposed to this phony world and cannot regain his innocence, he believes that taking Phoebe to a ride will help preserve her childhood. Holden thinks it is important that Phoebe maintains her innocence and remains a child for as long as possible because, from personal experience, Holden has never really shown affection for anyone except for 'a small handful. He saw evil in almost everyone and saw the world as corrupt, that's why Holden Caulfield is afraid of the g...... middle of paper ...... museum because even though life went on and things happened in the real world, he could always go back to the museum and expect the same thing as the last time he was there. Yet as much as Holden loves it about museums, he hates the fact that every time he returns, he's older and more mature. He returns with a little less innocence than the previous time. Now that he has identified and explained all of Holden Caulfield's emotional struggles between his curiosity growing up and his need to preserve his innocence through symbols and images, Holden begins to realize his efforts. are useless. He is aware that life goes on and that everyone will be exposed to the cruelty and falsity of the world at one point or another. He simply believed he could postpone the inevitable truth for those he considered still innocent, including himself..

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