Loss of Innocence:
...she is innocent, but yet she is selling her body to older men. “She was very nervous for a prostitute, she really was. I think it was because she was very young. She was around my age.” (p.94) Alcohol 3) Holden trying to get alcohol shows a loss of innocence, because Holden is only seventeen, and yet he drinks alcohol a lot, enough to get him drunk. “I kept sitting there getting drunk and waiting for Old Jane and Janine to come out and do their stuff, but they weren’t there.” (p.149) “Boy, I sat at that goddam bar ‘til around one or so, getting drunk as a bastard. I could hardly see straight. The one thing I did, though, I was careful as hell not to get boisterous or anything. I didn’t want anyone to notice me or ask how old I was.” (p.150) Jane 4) Jane demonstrates a loss of innocence because Holden remembers her when she was young and beautiful. He remembers how nice she was and is upset that Stardlater, a real bully, is going to take Jane out on a date. Holden wants to hold onto innocence, and he doesn’t want Stradlater to take anything away from Jane. “I kept think about Jane, and about Stradlater, having a date with her and all, it made me so nervous, I nearly went crazy. I already told you about what a sexy bastard was.” Commiting Suicide 5) When Holden contemplates committing suicide, this shows a loss of innocence because Holden has ...