An analysis of The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger.

Falling from Grace "They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." -Andy Worhol. In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, the main character, Holden, slowly comes to the realization that everything will lose its innocence, but not everything will become corrupted. Holden Caulfield despises time because it accompanies change. Throughout Holden's life, change has always led to misery. Watching his brother turn from a children's book writer into …

…their own way. <Tab/>Holden learns that things change, and they lose the pure innocence that they once had, but that does not mean that they turn for the worst. Holden learns he can not always protect everyone he loves because sometimes they have to find their own way, like he did in the novel. He learns that, sometimes, the catcher in the rye has to let a few kids fall.