They metaphorically keep their “purity” or “innocence”. While Holden is reminiscing, he realizes that “The only thing that would be different would be you. Not that you'd be so much older or anything. It wouldn't be that exact. You'd just be different, that's all.” Different in substantial terms to Holden means maturity wise. One's clothes, or ,mindset would be much different than the years before from growing up. The reality holden can't accept is that one's view of the object they are seeing will be a different interpretation of the last time they saw it. One’s deeper understanding becomes more complex because they are more informed about the history behind it. “Certain things they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone. I know that's impossible, but it's too bad anyway” (Salinger 105). Through Holden's perspective, everything that stays in the museum stays exactly the same. Nothing moves; nothing
They metaphorically keep their “purity” or “innocence”. While Holden is reminiscing, he realizes that “The only thing that would be different would be you. Not that you'd be so much older or anything. It wouldn't be that exact. You'd just be different, that's all.” Different in substantial terms to Holden means maturity wise. One's clothes, or ,mindset would be much different than the years before from growing up. The reality holden can't accept is that one's view of the object they are seeing will be a different interpretation of the last time they saw it. One’s deeper understanding becomes more complex because they are more informed about the history behind it. “Certain things they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone. I know that's impossible, but it's too bad anyway” (Salinger 105). Through Holden's perspective, everything that stays in the museum stays exactly the same. Nothing moves; nothing