While waiting for his sister to come meet him at the museum to say goodbye two kids approach him asking him if he knows where the mummies are in the museum. The is the first time Holden comes across the mummies in the novel. The significance of the mummies is that it brings him back to the museum, and the museum reminds Holden of his childhood. This reminder of childhood gives more evidence that Holden is scared to grow up. This can be seen by whenever Holden visits the museum another time and says,“The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was.” By this quote the reader can tell that visiting the museum brings back the memories of his childhood and reminds Holden how scary he thinks the adult world is. In conclusion, the mummies give a reason for Holden to go back into the museum remind him of his fear of growing up.
Holden first comes across the carrousel after him and his sister take a walk in his attempt to make his sister no longer mad at him. Eventually after riding the carrousel
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Due to this Pencey Prep is sending an expulsion letter home to his parents. In the novel Holden says,”I figured my parents probably wouldn't get old Thurmer's letter saying I'd been given the ax till maybe Tuesday or Wednesday. I didn't want to go home or anything till they got it and thoroughly digested it and all. I didn't want to be around when they first got it.” The significance of the expulsion letter was that it was the reason that Holden went on his adventure through New York in the first place. If it hadn’t been for Holden’s fear of being home when his parents get the letter he wouldn’t have had to avoid going home. In conclusion, the significance of the expulsion letter is without it Holden wouldn’t have gone on any of his adventures in New York, and instead would have just gone directly home or stayed at