Holden Caufield highlights the loss of innocence in children. He feels that once they lose their innocence, they will soon turn into impostors like everyone else. The loss of innocence is very common in the development of human existence. It is caused by many factors. After a certain age, children are forced or involuntarily led into a path of corruption. It is also known that a child loses his innocence due to desires, fantasies and attention. But once they lose their innocence, they tend to want to go back and pretend to be young again. In Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden discusses the importance of innocence in the lives of children. He feels that once a child loses his innocence, he will soon be led to a life of corruption. Holden also focuses on all the fakes in the world. According to him, fakes are the reason why children lose their innocence. It defines fakes as lying, corrupt people and people who have experienced everything. However, he does not realize that he himself is a fake as he too has lost his innocence. Holden thinks no one loves him, so lying to people is a way of telling people he doesn't want to be hurt anymore. He is also experiencing the sensation of being all alone in a corrupt world. He is isolated from everyone thinking that no one is going through what he is going through. It shows how he feels just wandering the streets alone, he doesn't want to talk to people and longs to be loved by someone. He tries to escape the reality of life by reminiscing about the past with his brother Allie, sister Phoebe, and older brother DB Holden is not just about innocence and corruption, but about the way the world changes. He is unable to adapt to the... center of the paper... defines Holden's difficulty in adapting to the changes around him. He feels comfortable in places where they have not changed. He has visited, for example, the Museum of Natural History in New York and is very happy that the place has not changed since the first time he went there on a school trip. Holden feels isolated from the world because he feels that no one is going through what he is going through. The Catcher in the Rye doesn't really focus on the loss of innocence but discusses how an individual feels about changes in the world. Holden fears that all the changes will expose the lives of all teenagers to the loss of innocence and corruption. Holden is a unique character. Expresses many feelings towards people. Holden's curiosity about the ducks in Central Park tells us that he doesn't feel comfortable in this world and that he has many questions to answer about life.