othing that he can do about that. Holden learns in the novel Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger that the world is corrupt and filled with evil. He also knows now that he is powerless to stop both evil and maturation. As a matter of fact, he learns that it is also bad to do so. Though due to his phony phobia he becomes lonely and gets himself into trouble where he is not going to ever fully mature. ...