Robert Burns poem, Comin’ Thro’ the Rye, highlights major themes of the famous novel, Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger. In the novel, Holden begins to perk up and experience happiness only because of an innocent little boy in which he misapprehended the word “catch.” When analyzed closely, the protagonist centralizes one idea when exposed to the poem; loss of innocence in children. This results in him thinking that he has a duty to protect the children from conforming. Holden explains how “That’s all I’d do all day, I’d just be the Catcher in the Rye.” Holden sees himself as this title because he’s saving the innocence in the youth from the corrupt society adults demonstrate. For example, the most traumatizing experience Holden