Accepting the World in Catcher in the Rye In Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, the reader is taken through a journey of a boy who has yet to become a man. It also suggest that distorted adolescents can progress toward maturity as they reject the stability of isolation and accept themselves and the world despite obvious imperfections. In Catcher in the Rye the 17- 19 year old narrator, Holden, illustrates that his mental state is distorted …showed first 75 words of 564 total…

…showed last 75 words of 564 total…want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say a thing..." Then while Phoebe is riding the carousel it starts to rain, and Holden embraces the rain in a positive way. It seems as if its some sort of cleansing for him; like a baptism. He accepts the rain ,and just as a flower does when watered, he grows and finally turns to the hospital for help.