Holden Wants Children To Keep Their Innocence The novel Catcher In The Rye is written by J.D Salinder is the story of Holdens quest for maturity. The book starts off at Pency Prep School, Holden is only days from his expulsion from Pency, because of awful grades. Straddler, Holden's roommate, goes on a date with Jane, who is one of Holden's former friends. Holden agrees to write a paper for Straddler. When Straddler arrives …showed first 75 words of 2024 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2024 total…a child at heart, and then there are the ones who are Phony. Holden wanted to be the catcher in the rye. Holden wanted to catch children before they fell off the cliff and realized how the world really is. The world is disappointing. He wanted to keep children innocent and pure. Like when the kid was singing in the park of Radio City, the school scene, Allie's death and Holden's rage over Allie's death.