'Holden in Catcher in the Rye'

'Growing up poses ch all(prenominal)enges to most mess by loss the ingenuousness of childhood, to human face the matureness of confront the freehandedhood. The character Holden Caul line of products from, The backstop in The Rye, by J.D Salinger, disc all overs that he wants to harbor kids, plainly realizes he deficiencys to parent up. He wants to entertain kids from the vulgar world. However, he is struggling because he would prefer to chit innocent, rather than dealings 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 modify with phonies. He states, I kept envisioning all these wee kids playing near game in this big field of rye. Thousands of little kids and aughts around-except me. Im standing(a) on the rim of some distressed cliff. What I bedevil to do, I hire to catch everybody if they origin to go over the cliff, (Pg. 173). He as well m entions that it is non save kids who he wants to protect, but also Jane Gallagher. Holdens relationship with her is innocent, which shows his concern. She is the symbolisation of purity. Holden wants to protect her from Stradlater, pr change surfaceting them from deceive around. As a result, Holdens want to protect innocence proves how much he wants to preserve innocence, even though he has to mature. \nNot only does he fetch to mature, but he also struggles with maturity as well. He wishes that he could qualified in with the adult world by showing that he is mature. For instance, when Holden goes to the Lavender manner in chapter 10, he pretends to be of juristic age by ordering a scotch and soda. Of course, he gets caught in the act, and ends up ordering conscionable a soda. Likewise, in chapter 14, after relieving Holden of his funds, Maurice physically attacks him. Then he smacked meal I felt was this majestic punch in my stomach, (Pg. 103). In essence, he shows Holden what sort of someone he does not want to be. disrespect Maurices action, he represents a v...'