Holden buys his sister, Phoebe a record titled “Little Shirley Beans”. The record symbolizes the innocence in one’s childhood, although shortly after buying the record Holden drops it and shatters the record. This represents the innocence being lost in the “real world.” Holden tries to pick up the broken pieces because though the innocence is shattered, he still has the desperation to pick up any small remnant of what is left. "...very Dixieland and whorehouse … not all mushy …not cute as hell." (Salinger
