Catcher In The Rye: Childhood Innocence - What Holden Never Had
Probably the greatest irony of the novel is the fact that, despite
his love of "childhood innocence," Holden is and acts far from innocent
himself. In fact, he is its antithesis. He acts that way for many reasons.
First of all, he has so many responsibilities. Second, he never fits in
with the crowd, and finally, he never gets any real help for the problems
that he deals with.
Holden does have a love for "childhood innocence" as seen across
the book. For example, on page two hundred and one "Somebody'd written ‘
Fuck you' on the wall. It drove me damn near crazy. I th ....
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