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Childhood is one of the greatest times of our lives, just as Holden believes. Taking that road towards adolescence is a huge step in one’s life. However, determining an exact time in which this jump is made is impossible since this process is a series of steps that lead you from one state to the other. For instance, one by one I lose my childish tendencies and as I lost each one, I became …

…completely. In fact, maybe Holden should have attempted to retain time, much like the museum he refers to and much like I have, and refuse to allow his childish inclinations completely waste away. In the end, it may be hard to avoid and/or to accept losing those precious beginning years, but realizing you have grown older is a lot easier when you hold on to just a smidgen of those young and foolish ways.