My Foolish Heart

Salinger includes this critically important element into his story to illustrate why Holden goes on his perilous journey in the first place, and to demonstrate through Holden the importance of the youth maintaining their innocence. Allie Caulfield holds a special place in Holden’s heart, because he is Holden’s dead younger brother, and he feels obligated to protect the innocence of others to pay respect to his brother. In the novel, Holden starts to speak out loud to his brother recollecting about the past events in his life that he recalls. Holden says, “Allie heard us talking about it, and he wanted to go, and I wouldn’t let him. I told him he was a child. So once in a while, now, when I get very depressed, I keep saying to him, ‘…Go home and get your bike and meet me in the front of Bobby’s house’” (Salinger 99). In an attempt to make himself feel slightly better, Holden enjoys to talk to Allie outloud and relive this critical moment in his when he is feeling down. When Holden becomes “very depressed” he thinks about…

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