Throughout The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, holden's fear of change is that change is not only everywhere, but can not be stopped . No matter how hard holden tries he will have to change his ways and become an adult. Little do we know it's already happening. Holden doesn't like change. He likes everything around him to stay the same for as long as it can. Holden often say in the novel there are many times his life changes around him. Change happens in everyone's life no matter how big or small it happened. “He got leukemia and died when we were up in Maine, on July 18, 1946. You'd have liked him. He was two years younger than I was, but he was about fifty times as intelligent.”(page number) This shows that the bigger the
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Holden decides that he needs to embrace his fear of change. Holden also realizes that change is for the better, not the worse. Even though there are drawbacks with change it is just a matter of how you respond. As holden realizes that the world he lives in depends on change. No matter how hard he tries it will never be his “catcher in rye” perfect world. "I have about a hundred and eighty bucks in the bank. I can take it out when it opens in the morning, and then I could go down and get this guy's car. No kidding. We'll stay in these cabin camps and stuff like that till the dough runs out.”(page number) Holden believes it is his role to stop and save children from losing their innocence. In reality holden's perfect world of him being the “catcher in the rye” will never become true. This will never become true, because maturing into adulthood is a major change for the next steps of life. Holden believes museum are perfect, no change, nothing ever occurs. “Nobody'd be different. The only thing that would be different would be you. Not that you'd be so much older or anything. It wouldn't be that, exactly. You'd just be different, that's all.”(page number) The museum serves as the world Holden hopes he could live in: it's the world of his “catcher in the rye” fantasy, a world where nothing ever changes, where everything is straightforward, understandable, and boundless. Holden wishes he could be a catcher in the rye but in reality there is no such
Holden decides that he needs to embrace his fear of change. Holden also realizes that change is for the better, not the worse. Even though there are drawbacks with change it is just a matter of how you respond. As holden realizes that the world he lives in depends on change. No matter how hard he tries it will never be his “catcher in rye” perfect world. "I have about a hundred and eighty bucks in the bank. I can take it out when it opens in the morning, and then I could go down and get this guy's car. No kidding. We'll stay in these cabin camps and stuff like that till the dough runs out.”(page number) Holden believes it is his role to stop and save children from losing their innocence. In reality holden's perfect world of him being the “catcher in the rye” will never become true. This will never become true, because maturing into adulthood is a major change for the next steps of life. Holden believes museum are perfect, no change, nothing ever occurs. “Nobody'd be different. The only thing that would be different would be you. Not that you'd be so much older or anything. It wouldn't be that, exactly. You'd just be different, that's all.”(page number) The museum serves as the world Holden hopes he could live in: it's the world of his “catcher in the rye” fantasy, a world where nothing ever changes, where everything is straightforward, understandable, and boundless. Holden wishes he could be a catcher in the rye but in reality there is no such