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Catcher in the Rye: Childhood Innocence - What Holden Never Had
Probably the greatest irony of the novel is the fact that, despite
his love of "childhood innocence," Holden is and acts far from innocent
himself. In fact, he is its antithesis. He acts that way for many reasons.
First of all, he has so many responsibilities. Second, he never fits in
with the crowd, and finally, he never gets any real help for the problems
that he deals with. ....
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.... "childhood innocence" to a great
extent. Yet Holden acts the opposite.
The irony in this novel is Holden's behavior, which is far from
being innocent. He smokes, drinks, always depressed, thinks about suicide,
thinks about going embarking to a far place, and has people tell and act in
many weird ways. There are three main reasons why he acts this way. Firstly,
Holden being only sixteen years of age already has so much responsibility.
He has to get money for food and travel. ....
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