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Towards the end of the novel, Holden has a conversation with his sister, and she asked him what he liked. He said he liked her and Allie but she said that he can't like Allie because Allie is dead. He then proceeds to tell his sister that his dream to be a catcher in the rye. He wants to save the children from transitioning into the inevitable adulthood.
Holden failed out of three schools. With each school, came grand changes. With each school came a grade level older. With each school came new acquaintances. All which are factors that changed Holden. Transitioning from school to school was a detail that could have meant him not being comfortable with his transitioning into adulthood.
It is a difficult concept to understand that a world that was once full of butterflies, rainbows and positivity, hides much more than what the surface exhumes to children. The world has layers that uncover a child's innocence allowing them to transition into adulthood, where they learn all the imperfections of people and the world. At the end of the book, it starts to rain. Symbolizing the revealing and spilling out all the acceptance of adulthood. Once a teenager accepts the role of becoming an adult, the transitioning stress will reduce. With adulthood comes great responsibility. It is a new role, which means that abandoning childhood thoughts and values is a step in the right