Holden in Catcher in the Rye

Growing up poses ch eitherenges to virtually people by loss the innocence of childhood, to face the bountifulhood of facing the adulthood. The character Holden Caulfield from, The catcher in The Rye, by J.D Salinger, discovers that he urgencys to cling to kids, just now realizes he get hold ofs to grow up. He wants to cling to kids from the vulgar world. However, he is struggling because he would privilege to stay innocent, rather than traffic 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 picturing all these little kids playing most game in this self-aggrandising field of rye. Thousands of little kids and noughts around-except me. Im standing on the adjoin of some crazy cliff. What I do to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff, (Pg. 173). He overly mentions that it is not unaccom panied kids who he wants to protect, but also Jane Gallagher. Holdens relationship with her is innocent, which shows his concern. She is the symbolism of purity. Holden wants to protect her from Stradlater, preventing them from fooling 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 have to mature, but he also struggles with matureness as well. He wishes that he could fit in with the adult world by demonstrate that he is mature. For instance, when Holden goes to the Lavender inhabit in chapter 10, he pretends to be of legal age by ordering a cross and soda. Of course, he gets caught in the act, and ends up ordering just a soda. Likewise, in chapter 14, after relieving Holden of his funds, Maurice physically attacks him. Then he smacked repast I felt was this appalling punch in my stomach, (Pg. 103). In essence, he shows Holden what sort of mortal he does not want to be. Despi te Maurices action, he represents a v...