Can Innocence Last Forever In Catcher In The Rye

Can innocence last forever? Throughout the novel Catcher in the Rye Holden is a character who is afraid of coming out of his childhood. Interestingly he has a younger sister Phoebe who is still in her childhood. Because she is young she is one of the few people Holden has almost nothing bad to say abou. Phoebe Caulfield is important to the story because she represents the few things Holden likes in an individual, she is an innocent child, a mature person to chew fat with and a character not too different from her brother.
Phoebe is the only innocent person in Holden’s world. Originally this title was shared with Holden’s now deceased brother Allie. Holden seems to be frozen in the fact that he can’t let go of Allie, when he describes Phoebe