Throughout the book The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger uses many symbols to explain in a deeper way what Holden Caulfield is feeling. Three symbols that Salinger uses represent anti change and things staying the same. The Museum of Natural History is an example of things staying the same. The carousel at the zoo, that Phoebe rides in the end of the story, also never changes. The job that Holden would like to …showed first 75 words of 593 total…

…showed last 75 words of 593 total…change around him. Holden loves the idea of everything staying put, music staying the same, and kids never changing. Holden is the type of person, who copes with change with difficulty. If Holden can’t deal with change within himself, then it is very difficult for him to also deal with change around him at the same time. Salinger made the character, Holden Caulfield, very anti change in the book, The Catcher in the Rye.