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He thinks of her as very smart and while he’s gone from school early, is always thinking about calling her and talking to her because she is very intelligent and he likes talking to her. He eventually visits her at his house and tells her he’s leaving for good. She wants to pack up her bags and go with him, but he tells her no. He meets her at the museum before he decides to leave and she brings her suitcase. He tells her that she’s not coming with him, but again she refuses. Eventually he goes home with her, where he belongs. The title, The Catcher in the Rye, refers to Holden wanting to be a catcher in the rye. It shows his compassion for children. It hints that maybe he never grew up and is still in a childlike mentality. He wants to keep all children safe the way he could not protect Allie from dying, but he wants to protect all other children from that same fate. Holden grows throughout the book from a somewhat immature kid to a mature, wise, grownup boy who realizes that taking care of his sister is more important than getting yelled at by his parents for getting kicked out of another school. We see lots of character traits expressed and they show up between different events that
