A lot of people go through life never accepting change and the responsibilities that the road ahead of them has to offer. It is as if they wish they could stop time and stay innocent forever. As a person grows older, the purity of childhood fades into the realities of adulthood. However, the transition from childhood can be tough, one should not change into adulthood too fast, but value their equity. In J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” the fear, confusion, and loneliness of a young teenage boy is caught between his past while being afraid of his uncertain future.
Some may keep a firm grasp on their past which only makes it more difficult to move forward in life. This is shown when Holden Caulfield reminisces on his dead younger brother,
Some may keep a firm grasp on their past which only makes it more difficult to move forward in life. This is shown when Holden Caulfield reminisces on his dead younger brother,