After Holden wanting to leave, he decides to stay and spend
time with Phoebe. “She ran and bought her ticket and got back on the goddam
carrousel just in time. Then she walked all the way around it till she got her
own horse back,” (Salinger, 212). This quote holds symbolism to Holden’s
direction in life through the novel. Holden, at this moment, watching his
sister on the carrousel, has gotten back on the right track in life. He has
stopped falling off the cliff of giving up completely. He walked all around New
York to begin to realize that the world is not simple and naïve as he views it.
Holden continued to go in circles in his life not knowing his purpose and
trying not to conform to society. He does not need to conform to society to
keep from falling off the cliff. He needs to learn his own way and reevaluate
his simple view of the world. Holden needs to get on his “own horse back” by
not having to conform to society, but by learning to accept that society is
full “phonies” and to not get too caught up in it.
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