According to Goodreads, Stephen Chbosky the author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower wrote in his book, “I walked over to the hill where we used to go and sled. There were a lot of little kids there. I watched them flying. Doing jumps and having races. And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday...But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn 't” (“Quotes About Growing Up”). Basically Stephen Chbosky wrote that at some point even if one doesn’t want to, they have to grow up. In the book, The Catcher in the Rye, the main character Holden Caulfield imagines himself catching kids before they fall off the cliff into adult world, he wants to prevent the loss of innocence.
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It’s impossible” (Salinger 222). Holden “tried to rub” off the “‘Fuck you’” signs, but he couldn’t because it was written “with a knife or something”. Holden is trying to save little kids’ innocence by getting rid of the graffiti, though it won’t come off. Even if one could get one “‘ fuck you’” off the wall, it would be “impossible” to get rid all the “‘Fuck you’” signs in the world because there are so many. If Holden was able to get rid of all the profanity he wouldn’t be giving the kids that would of seen it their own chance to take in the information and decided what to do with it. Though since Holden is unsuccessful on getting rid of the profanity on the walls, it conveys the idea that kids need to grow up on their own terms, they need to learning thing at their own pace. Even though Holden tries to preserve kids innocence, he is unable to, revealing that kids need to grow up on their own terms without people trying to preserve or destroy their innocence. If kids don’t get the chance to grow up on their own, they become isolated from society, one can see that in Holden, he was ripped out of his innocence when his brother died, and now he isolates himself from people, he isn’t able to full function in the real
It’s impossible” (Salinger 222). Holden “tried to rub” off the “‘Fuck you’” signs, but he couldn’t because it was written “with a knife or something”. Holden is trying to save little kids’ innocence by getting rid of the graffiti, though it won’t come off. Even if one could get one “‘ fuck you’” off the wall, it would be “impossible” to get rid all the “‘Fuck you’” signs in the world because there are so many. If Holden was able to get rid of all the profanity he wouldn’t be giving the kids that would of seen it their own chance to take in the information and decided what to do with it. Though since Holden is unsuccessful on getting rid of the profanity on the walls, it conveys the idea that kids need to grow up on their own terms, they need to learning thing at their own pace. Even though Holden tries to preserve kids innocence, he is unable to, revealing that kids need to grow up on their own terms without people trying to preserve or destroy their innocence. If kids don’t get the chance to grow up on their own, they become isolated from society, one can see that in Holden, he was ripped out of his innocence when his brother died, and now he isolates himself from people, he isn’t able to full function in the real