Many critics like, Maxwell Geismar writes, “The Catcher in the Rye protests, to be sure, against both the academic and social conformity of its period. But what does it argue for?” well to answer Maxwell’s question the book argues a new point of view that Salinger suggests in his opinion would improve society. Salinger will use Holden as a tool to have his opinion expressed. And through this tool of Salinger’s he expresses a song of childhood and that society isn`t about education and people and friends you make but the kind of childhood you grow up with and the experience that comes with it. And that at the point of time Holden`s childhood is in, is the time you should really enjoy. Do to that this point of time in your life sadly won`t last and it will be gone in a…show more content… Salinger is telling us we should also consider imagination, for instance – indeed Holden is a very imaginative adolescent. Salinger uses this imaginative adolescence to his advantage of humor in the book. Even though there have been multiple cases where it seems sad and unfair for Holden. Salinger puts a humorous twist on all of it. This humorous twist Salinger has; is the way he argues his point that you should really enjoy your childhood. At this point of time of the story where Holden switches back and forth between adult and child showing how much a good childhood is important cause there is hardly any time to enjoy life when you are grown up and making a way for yourself. But Holden has his own thoughts on adults and that is Holden constantly shares that all adults are “phonies”. Through these “phonies” Salinger produces a way for Holden to reveal how he feels about adulthood. Holden wants to just freeze time and preserve, the valuable childhood that Holden adores so much for his little sister phoebe and wants her to stay in her childhood and enjoy
