ut he understands he has to let her go. Since Holden could not save D.B., Allie and other characters in the book he feels he needs to save Phoebe while he can. The museum represents Holdens view of wanting to keep everything preserved the way he wants it. The cliff portrays Holdens dream of catching everybody from falling into society. However, the carousel shows how Holdens views change and he realizes he cannot save people from inevitable growing up. Holdens views of are keeping everybody innocent and saving them from becoming phony. After all, he realizes he cannot protect everybody from growing up....
