At the end of Chapter 16, Holden comes to the conclusion that he wishes that he was a child again, and knows that he can’t. As he walks to the museum, he recalls his childhood visits to the museum( 120-121). I think that Holden wants to go back to his childhood, because his dead brother, Allie, was alive then. “ Certain things they should stay the same” (122), I think Holden says this because he wishes that his childhood with his family could be frozen, just like the glass cases in the museum. Then Holden passes the playground and tries to play with kids on the seesaw, but he’s an adult and the kids don’t want to(122). As Holden gets to the door, I think he realizes that he can’t go back to his childhood, and that he is an adult now. Going
