The Catcher In The Rye: Holden; A Teenager With Definite Moral Values
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In The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger portrays Holden Caulfield
as a teenager with definite moral values. Holden firmly believes in having
respect for women, protecting the innocence of children, and being an
honest and unpretentious person.
In the novel, Holden is shown as appreciating women ....
Middle of paper
.... Salinger emphasizes how much Holden wants to
protect the innocence of children. One occurrence of this is when Holden
went to Phoebe's school and found “fuck you” written on the wall. He was
infuriated because he knew all the children would see it. He said, “
Somebody'd written ‘Fuck you' on the wall. It damn near drove me crazy”
(201). Holden wiped it off because he wanted to protect the children form
seeing it. In fact, the title of the book deals with Holden wanting to
protec ....
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