... coming through the rye," Holden describes the little boy on page 115: "The kid was swell. He was walking in the street, instead of on the sidewalk, but right next to the curb. He was making out like he was walking a very straight line, the way kids do, and the whole time he kept singing and humming." Holden notes that the child's parents pay no attention to him. The little boy is in the road ... singing and his parents pay no attention to him? To Holden this child represents innocence and youth unspoiled by adult corruption. Holden wishes to safeguard the innocence and purity of childre...

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