Quote:
The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move. [...] The only thing that would be different would be you.
Meaning:
Holden dislikes change. He fears it, avoids it. He prefers things to stay the same.
Matter:
One of Holden's main problems in the book is his reluctance to become an adult. He doesn't want his life to change. He doesn't want to mature, to become someone else, become phony. He dwells on his childhood much of the time, and hates the change that came from his brother's death.
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yeah, he's totally stuck on being a kid. wtf is with that. i can understand being scared of having to be on your own, but maybe Holden has different reasons for not wanting to grow up. maybe he's scared of dying X_X but guess we'll never know
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