Catcher In The Rye Museum Case Study

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Changes in life can effect everybody differently. Some people deal with it better than others. In Holden’s case, he deals with change poorly. Holden is drawn into the Museum of Natural History because it offers good memories and doesn’t change, however he does not want to ruin his old childhood memories.

Going to the museum every Saturday as a child created great memories for Holden. For holden the museum was a safe spot he could always go to and enjoy himself. Holden displays that his love for the museum when he says, “ It always smelled like it was raining outside, even if it wasn't, and you were in the only nice, dry, cosy place in the world.” To Holden the museum was a safe spot where he could go and escape all the chaos of the outside world. This created a good memory
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Another motivation behind why Holden was drawn into the museum was on account of he appreciated how it could never change. Holden showed this when he said, “The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move. You could go there a hundred thousand

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