Holden’s Revelations

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sun, of course, is a reference to decency through the common association of light and goodness. Thus, Holden’s perception of the world remains, essentially, unchanged.
The belief that does change during the book is that Holden can evade or protect the world. He sees a corrupt environment, and at first, believes that he must either protect or abandon it. On his date with Sally, Holden reveals his feelings about his situation in the world: "Did you ever get fed up? I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to go lousy unless you did something?” (130). From here, one sees that Holden feels a responsibility to protect the world from becoming “lousy.” At a later point, in his first discussion with Phoebe, Holden tries to disregard his situation and avoid contact with the corrupt world. He contemplates heading out west where he will pretend to be a deaf-mute and live a quiet life. He thinks that if no one is talking to him he will have no problems with the evil ...

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