Catcher In The Rye: Corruption Of Holden
Beginning of paper
Holden is a complex person with many conflicting characteristics. He
has many ambitions and desires for his life but he is faced with the basic
conflict in the story, corruption. This corruption is what drives him and
at the same time restricts him
Holden's being surrounded by corruption dis ....
Middle of paper
.... for the fact that we have to grow up and how he
ties adulthood with corruption just shows how he has a large problem
determining illusion from reality. He doesn't understand that to grow does
not mean to become corrupt but to become wiser through experience. These
experiences are what frighten Holden because this boy of sixteen has
already been involved in many of the pleasures and problems that come from
these experiences. Holden's "catcher in the rye" analogy shows how he wants
to save the ch ....
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