... development. Holden narrates its own story from a psychiatric facility a few month after it. The story cover a time period of about three days which are greatly important as they relate the passage from his youth into maturity. Though his innocence has already been lost, he still hopes to protect others children from knowing about adult subjects. Throughout the book, he will change ... on it, or even stand on it during the rain, because he probably felt too old. That shows him recognizing, if not accepting, his status as an adult. But the key step is when his sister is on the carousel a...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... . The Random House College Dictionary gives the definition of a museum to be "a building or place where works of art or other objects of a permanent value are kept and displayed". The key word in the definition is 'permanent'. Holden said that, "the best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move. You could go ... of questions, problems, and phonies, the fact that the museum and all of its exhibits would stay as they were was one of the things that Holden could trust. That passage also touches on a reason that Holden might feel as if...

• Word Count: 1531
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... . The Random House College Dictionary gives the definition of a museum to be "a building or place where works of art or other objects of a permanent value are kept and displayed". The key word in the definition is 'permanent'. Holden said that, "the best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move. You could go ... of questions, problems, and phonies, the fact that the museum and all of its exhibits would stay as they were was one of the things that Holden could trust. That passage also touches on a reason that Holden might feel as if...

• Word Count: 1531
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School