In J.D Salinger’s, Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caufield is unwilling to resist change and is opposed of watching innocent children lose their innocence. This expresses the theme, the painfulness of growing up and phoniness of the adult world. Holden hates the phony adult world, so he wants to save every child from stepping into it. Therefore, Holden expresses his feelings to Phoebe that he wants to be the Catcher in the Rye. Holden says, “I keep picturing all these little kids…. I know its crazy” (Pg. 173). Holden proclaims that the only job he wants to do is to save children from adulthood. He imagines himself standing on the edge of the cliff and catching children when they fall in the rye. He says it ironically since the rye means adulthood,
