Coming out of innocence is almost as though a person is entering a foreign place. People are unaware of the customs of the people and every experience is something new that can be learned from. My experience at Times Squaare was the result of my innocence. The thought of someone stealing my money never crossed my mind that day. I wasn't accustomed to that. My childhood was spent sorrounded by family and friends; people who wouldn't steal anything from me. When a child begins to realize there surroundings, or comes out of innocence, they may be discouraged. Everything is so different that they don't like it. Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, exemplifies this coming out of innocence. J. D. Salinger presents an image of an atypical adolescent boy in The Catcher
Holden transitions into "experience" at the end of the book. In the passage where Phoebe is on the carousel and Holden says "All the kids kept trying to grab for the gold ring, and so was old Phoebe, and I was sort of afraid she'd fall off the goddam horse, but i didn't say anything or do anything. The thing with kids is if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If the fall off, they fall off, but it's bad if you say anything to them." This passage shows that Holden's perspective has changed and he has become willing to accept the adult world. He no longer thinks he has to stop people from coming out of innocence, but it is a part of life.
The Catcher in the Rye is a story of a boy falling from innocence to enter
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