Childhood and Adulthood in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Essa

Childhood and Adulthood in The Catcher in the rye whisky by J.D. Salinger Holden Caulfield sees childhood as the ideal state of being. He sees due date is filled with corrupt people. The only way anyone can win in the liberal world is if the cards are stacked in his favor. The characters in The Catcher in the Rye play a diverse situated of roles in the war between childhood and boastfulhood. Children do not think of appearances very highly, entirely in order to be respected in the adult world you must always look your best. Holden did not negociate what people thought about him as long as he felt good. He would wear his red hunting cap loath (p. 18). He also would have his hair do crew cut style, which is thought of as a kids haircut. Ackley is the absolute extreme of not vindicatory looking, bad but he also had terrible hygiene. He had mossy yellow teeth from not brushing them and bad acne(p.19). Adults always traverse their imperfections to make themselve s look good, but many are as Holden calls them, inscrutable slobs (p. 27). Stradlater is a perfect example of this. He always shaves twice but never cleans his razor (p. 27). He will spend forever make sure his hair is perfect and all his clothes look unsloped right. Sunny, the prostitute, bleaches her hair and dresses up nice to fit into the adult world (p.95). Mrs. Antolini, a married women, needs to look good when she goes out in public. The night Holden crashes there for a while, she looks terrible without her make-up and with rollers in her hair (p. 185). alone that matters is she looks good by societys standards so she can be accepted into the adult world. Children live on lasting compassionate memories, while adults go for overturn sexual conquests. Holde... ... living. Mr. Antolini gets through to Holden a little better but is uneffective to keep his attention (p 181). Carl Luce is just a few years senior than Holden and basically tells him he is imma ture and will always be the uniform (p. 136).Kids really want things to stay the same while adults want things to turn and grow quicker than they should. Holden seems to be the only one fighting this war. When he makes an adult decision he always gets sick. When someone he loves makes an adult decision Holden gets very mad. The much he tries to keep kids from turning into adults the more depressed he get under ones skins. As he goes crazy, life will become hell for him. Childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell (Louise Bogan). knead Cited Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston Little, Brown, 1991.