Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Essay

There argon many examples in the Catcher in the Rye, that show Holdens hate toward the appraisal of losing innocence. Holden mentions a lot more or less children, his love for them and how he wants to save their innocence. He seems to relate more to people younger than him, whether they are male of female. He cares active them so much, becuase they havent lost their innocence, unlike adults who are all phonies. There are three main things he does and negotiation about, that shows his concern. His fascination to save innocence, erasing profanity, and Allies baseball glove.The first thing he constantly mentions is the loss of innocence. Holden seems to gravitate toward children he shows them respect more accordingly anyone else. He backs this up by mentioning how childrem are non phonies. Whenever he is somewhat children he seems to curse less, and he has a nicer attitude toward them, rather than complaining.Thousands of micro kids and nobodys around nobody big, I mean yet me. Ans what I have to do,I have to catch everybody if they bring out to go overthe cliff. Id just be the catcher in the rye andall (Salinger 173)He is more worried about the children and their innocence, then worrying about himself and school.The second things hes does is erasing the profanity that was written in the schools walls. He hated the ides of children seeing it and reading the unchurch words that were being written on the walls. He has a smack that children would drop off their innocence and more or less have the mental capacity of an adolescent and become phonie.Somebodyd written **** *** on the wall. It bevy me damn near crazy, I thought how Phoebe andall other little kids would see it, and how theydwonder what the hell that meant, and then in conclusionsome dirty kids would tell them. (Salinger 201)What ironic is, that change surface though he doenst want the kids to know any profanity, he always swears, charge when he is around Pheobe.The third thing is that he keeps talking about his borther Allie, his baseball glove, and his finale. Holden has a really hard time dealing with the death of Allie. Reason being that he does not like to see a child lose his/her innocence. He hates the fact that innocence was lost, and he could not save it, because he is not the catcher in the rye. The glove is the lone(prenominal) memory of Allie and his innocence. Another thing that pained him is that his brother did not lose his innocence from adulthood, alone from life and his death.He got leukaemian and died when we up in Maine, onJuly 18, 1946. Youve liked him. He was two yearsyounger than I was, but he was fifty timesintelligent. (Salinger 38)In conclusion, Holdens fascination with children exceeds everything, even the respect for his parents. Children in a way do have an clear aspect. Holdens perception of innocence made the book very intriguing, because no one knos what he is going to do or say next. It is almost like he has a double personality, sometimes he is furious to people and criticise them, and sometimes he is caring and looked everything in a nice way, especiallychildren.