Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Essay

There are many examples in the Catcher in the Rye, that show Holdens hate toward the composition of losing innocence. Holden mentions a lot closely children, his love for them and how he wants to only their innocence. He seems to relate more to people younger than him, whether they are male of female. He cares about them so much, becuase they havent lost their innocence, unlike adults who are all phonies. There are three main things he does and talks about, that shows his concern. His fascination to save innocence, erasing profanity, and Allies baseball glove.The first thing he constantly mentions is the loss of innocence. Holden seems to gravitate toward children he shows them respect more then any unity else. He backs this up by mentioning how childrem are non phonies. Whenever he is around children he seems to curse less, and he has a nicer attitude toward them, rather than complaining.Thousands of little kids and nixs around nobody big, I mean except me. Ans what I have to d o,I have to catch everybody if they start to go overthe cliff. Id adept be the catcher in the rye andall (Salinger 173)He is more worried about the children and their innocence, then worrying about himself and school.The second things hes does is erasing the profanity that was written in the schools walls. He hated the ides of children seeing it and reading the swear words that were being written on the walls. He has a nip that children would lose their innocence and more or less have the mentality of an adolescent and become phonie.Somebodyd written **** *** on the wall. Itdrove me horseshit near crazy, I thought how Phoebe andall other little kids would see it, and how theydwonder what the hell that meant, and then finallysome nasty kids would tell them. (Salinger 201)What ironic is, that stock-still though he doenst want the kids to know any profanity, he always swears, even when he is around Pheobe.The one-third thing is that he keeps talking about his borther Allie, his baseball glove, and his death. Holden has a really hard time dealing with the death of Allie. Reason being that he does not like to see a child lose his/her innocence. He hates the fact that innocence was lost, and he could not save it, because he is not the catcher in the rye. The glove is the only memory of Allie and his innocence. Another thing that pained him is that his brother did not lose his innocence from adulthood, but from life and his death.He got leukaemian and died when we up in Maine, onJuly 18, 1946. Youve liked him. He was two yearsyounger than I was, but he was fifty timesintelligent. (Salinger 38)In conclusion, Holdens fascination with children exceeds everything, even the respect for his parents. Children in a way do have an innocent aspect. Holdens perception of innocence made the book very intriguing, because no one knos what he is going to do or say next. It is almost like he has a double personality, sometimes he is cruel to people and pick apart them, and s ometimes he is caring and looked everything in a nice way, especiallychildren.