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Catcher In The Rye: Childhood Innocence - What Holden Never Had
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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 .... Middle of Term Paper
... to kill whoever'd
written it… But I rubbed it [The ‘fuck you' written on the wall] out
anyway." Another example is on page two hundred and eight, "'So shut up.'
It was the first time she [Phoebe] ever told me to shut up. It sounded
terrible. God, it sounded terrible. It sounded worse than swearing." There
is one more outstanding quotation from the novel which is found on page two
hundred and thirteen. "I felt so damn happy all of a sudden, the way old
Phoebe was going around and around [the carousel]." All these examples
clearly show that Holden appreciated "childhood innocence" to a great
extent. Yet Holden acts the opposite.
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