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In the Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield views the world as an evil and corrupt place where there is no peace. This perception of the world does not change significantly throughout the novel. However as the novel progresses, Holden gradually comes to the realization that he is powerless to change this. The three days we learn of from this novel place a distressed Holden in the vicinity of Manhattan. Holden’s view of the …

…from it. One good example is when Holden is delivering a note to his sister and encounters a “*censored*-you” written on the wall. He carefully rubbed it off with his hand so as to protect the innocent children from reading it. Later on he finds “*censored*-you” scratched into the surface with a knife. This incident is the beginning of Holden’s realization that his dreams of changing the world are infeasible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**