Essay: Innocence Lost The world of childhood is protected from many of the problems of the world. The adult world is mentally, physically, and socially an adjustment that can be very difficult for some people. There is sometimes a reluctance to accept adulthood. In “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” as well as “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut,” J.D. Salinger focuses not only on the loss of innocence with youth, but also on events that have …showed first 75 words of 1418 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1418 total…Salinger’s stories “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” and “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut”, make this quite clear. The stories end after the loss of innocence has been acknowledged. The reader, then, can decide what will happen to the character, just as she is left with a choice about what to do with her own adulthood. We can choose to go out with a bang or let the wind blow us where it will. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**