... himself or others around him to grow up and suffers from depression because of his brother's death. In JD Salinger's' Catcher in the Rye, a troubled teenager named Holden Caulfield struggles with the fact that everyone has to grow up. The book gets its title from Holden's constant concern with the loss of innocence. He did not want children to grow up because he felt that adults are corrupt ... if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I did all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's craz...

• Word Count: 1291
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... gives the story substance and interest in the readers' eyes. This statement is also the case in J. D Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye as the protagonist Holden Caulfield goes on a journey of self-discovery resulting in change in his overall view of the world around him. Throughout the novel, Holden is driven by the idea of preserving the innocence of children and sheltering them from the adult world, but as the story ... progresses he comes to the ... realizing that it is not just a "phase" he is going through but an essential part of his self. In the novel The Catcher in the R...

• Word Count: 1504
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

... he will not escape to the growing, he has found a new role in keeping the innocence of other children protected. If he cannot protect himself he will protect the others. Both the "catcher" and the "deaf-mute" are there for a single desire: a wish to escape from an adult world in which he feels hat he can not belong. He seems himself as "the catcher in the rye", the only adult in a world of children: Anyway ... , I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids ... if they"re running and they don't look where they"re goin...

• Word Count: 1843
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School