Examples Of Innocence In Catcher In The Rye

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Shield of Innocence
Children are like flowers. You plant the seed, water them, nourish them and provide sunlight to it; but not too much nor too less. Most importantly, we have to protect them from vicious elements till they bloom, and wait patiently to see the beauty they bring into our gardens. In the Novel, the Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger tells a story through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old boy named Holden Caulfield about the destruction of the innocence of little lives by adults in the society we live in. Holden tries to preserve little kids innocence from the cruel and destructive world, but in order to do this he has to catch all the kids falling off the cliff, which is unobtainable as of every child has to grow up and step into adulthood leaving their innocence behind. …show more content…

“It drove me damn near crazy. I thought how Phoebe and all the other little kids would see it, and how’d they wonder what the hell it meant, and then finally some dirty kid would tell them- all cockeyed, naturally- what it meant, and how they’d all think about it and maybe even worry about it for a couple of days” (Salinger 221). Holden was angered after seeing the graffiti that proves the corruption of the adult world. Holden’s annoyance about the kids thinking about the graffiti shows his concern and desire towards protecting the innocence of the kids. He is uncomfortable with the profanity caused by the adult world and wants to make sure they do not grow up in the evil society he is growing up. Holden believes that kids are the most trustworthy and innocent human beings in the world and therefore, he is highly cautious about them losing their

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