<Li> "The Can"--the bathroom </Li> <P> Bruce Brooks held that Holden's attitude remains unchanged at story's end, implying no maturation, thus differentiating the novel from young adult fiction . In contrast, Louis Menand thought that teachers assign the novel because of the optimistic ending, to teach adolescent readers that "alienation is just a phase ." While Brooks maintained that Holden acts his age, Menand claimed that Holden thinks as an adult, given his ability to accurately perceive people and their motives . Others highlight the dilemma of Holden's state, in between adolescence and adulthood . Holden is quick to become emotional . "I felt sorry as hell for ..." is a phrase he often uses . It is often said that Holden changes at the end, when he watches Phoebe on the carousel, and he talks about the golden ring and how it's good for kids to try and grab it . </P> <P> Peter Beidler, in his A Reader's Companion to J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye", identifies the movie that the prostitute "Sunny" refers to . In chapter 13 she says that in the movie a boy falls off a boat . The movie is Captains Courageous (1937), starring Spencer Tracy . Sunny says that Holden looks like the boy who fell off the boat . Beidler shows (page 28) a still of the boy, played by child - actor Freddie Bartholomew . </P> <P> Each Caulfield child has literary talent . D.B. writes screenplays in Hollywood; Holden also reveres D.B. for his writing skill (Holden's own best subject), but he also despises Hollywood industry - based movies, considering them the ultimate in "phony" as the writer has no space for his own imagination, and describes D.B.'s move to Hollywood to write for films as "prostituting himself"; Allie wrote poetry on his baseball glove; and Phoebe is a diarist . This "catcher in the rye" is an analogy for Holden, who admires in children attributes that he struggles to find in adults, like innocence, kindness, spontaneity, and generosity . Falling off the cliff could be a progression into the adult world that surrounds him and that he strongly criticizes . Later, Phoebe and Holden exchange roles as the "catcher" and the "fallen"; he gives her his hunting hat, the catcher's symbol, and becomes the fallen as Phoebe becomes the catcher . </P>

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