Does Holden Corrupt The World In J. D. Salinger's Demons

Lastly, Holden feeling the need to protect the world and save the next generation relates to the song “Demons,” by Imagine Dragons. They both exhibit the desire to prevent the world from conforming to the evils of the world. In the novel, Holden goes to Phoebe's school and notices that someone wrote “Fuck you” on the wall so he erased it thinking that he is doing right so the other kids don't see it and start asking questions. He notices it written again on the wall and gets frustrated. He then says, “It’s hopeless, anyway. If you had a million years to do it in, you couldn't rub out even half the “Fuck you” signs in the world. It's impossible.” (Salinger 222). This shows his frustration with the people in the world. Society is poisoning the

Nobody’d move. You could go there a hundred thousand times and… the only thing that would be different would be you” (Salinger 135). Holden wishes the world was a museum because he thinks that the world was pure back then. Before society had been corrupt. He wants to hold onto the past me he likes that in the museum everything is just as it was before, as everyone continues to change this is the one thing that will always stay back with him. In the song, this relates to the lyric “No matter what we breed we still are made of greed” (Imagine Dragons). People are going to become who they are meant to become and there is not much one person can do to change that. As Holden comes to the realization that he can't become the catcher in the rye he gets frustrated that he can't control society. He wishes, at an extent, to play God. He wants to stop people, especially the ones close to him, from changing in order to keep his old relationships. He admires Phoebe because she thinks in her own way and has not yet been subjected to society. Change is part of life and although it may not be what everyone wants, it can be a good