Catcher in the Rye5

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Holden Caufield emphasizes on the loss of innocence in children. He feels that once they lose their innocence, they will soon turn into phonies like everyone else. The loss of innocence is very common in the development in human existence. It is caused by many factors. Past a certain age, children are either forced or led unintentionally into a pathway of corruption. A child is also known to lose their innocence by desires, fantasies, and attention. But once they lose their innocence, they tend to desire to go back and pretend to be young again.

In the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden discusses the importance of innocence in children's lives. He feels that once a child loses his/her innocence, he/she will soon be leaded to a life of corruption. Holden also focuses on all the phonies in the world. He feels that the phonies are the reason why children lose their innocence. He defines phonies as people who are liars, corrupted, and people who experienced everything. However, he doesn't realized that he is a phony himself since he has lost his innocence too. Holden thinks that no one loves him so lying to people is a way of telling people that he doesn't want to be hurt anymore. He is also experiencing the feeling about

Suzanne Daley writes an article called, "Runaways of 42nd Street: AIDS Begins its Scourge." Robert has never experienced the whole process of losing his innocence. Starting at the age of 4, he was forced to lose his innocence by being sexually molested by his uncle. Once he got a little older, he was then forced to sleep with a female cousin while his uncle watched. At the age of 13, he ran away from Rikers Island to New York City. At the age of 19, he lost 80 pounds, lost his teeth, and was beginning to lose all hope. He prostituted himself in order to survive. For a period of time, Robert joined a gang and he lived with other member in abandoned buildings. He also had no education. Ms. Able-Peterson, a counselor for Streetworks tried to convince him to go back to school. He only attended a few sessions. He wasn't able to spell words like "Cat" or even sign his own initials. When he went to the Streetworks office while holding his teeth, they immediately took him to the hospital. After his first hospitalization, he tried to go back to his grandmother's house. She refused to take him back unless he brought back a note saying that he didn't have AIDS. He was considering of suicide but he wanted to see his mother before he dies. The day before he died, his mother went to see him in the hospital. By the time she saw him in the hospital, he was already in a coma. Robert's family gave him a funeral. A dozen of family members attended his funeral and gave him bouquets of flowers. "It was hard for us to watch that," Ms. Somerville said. "All these people saying, "Oh Robert, oh Robert.' We looked at this family and we wondered where they had been."

2. Daley, Suzanne. "Runaways of 42nd Street: AIDS Begins its Scourge"

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Approximate Word count = 1944
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English