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This site is meant to help readers gain a better understanding of Holden Caulfield's willingness to hold onto his
childhood innocence. Holden wants to hold onto his childhood because he sees the adult world as cruel and corrupt. A lot of
people see Holden as a pessimistic person and he hates people who he believes to be phonies. Even though he does all he can
to hold on to his childhood innocence, he lost it after the death of his brother Allie. There are many events that prove
his willingness to cling to childhood and his view on the adult world.
I will list a series of events that prove Holden's urge to hold on to his childhood innocence and his negative view on
the adult world
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