Childhood is one of the greatest times of our lives, just as Holden believes. Taking that road towards adolescence is a huge step in one’s life. However, determining an exact time in which this jump is made is impossible since this process is a series of steps that lead you from one state to the other. For instance, one by one I lose my childish tendencies and as I lost each one, I became …showed first 75 words of 1132 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1132 total…completely. In fact, maybe Holden should have attempted to retain time, much like the museum he refers to and much like I have, and refuse to allow his childish inclinations completely waste away. In the end, it may be hard to avoid and/or to accept losing those precious beginning years, but realizing you have grown older is a lot easier when you hold on to just a smidgen of those young and foolish ways.