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End of Catcher notes
 * This book was shocking when it was published
 * It’s so honest about teen-age life
 * Adult world hadn’t faced how hard it is to grow up
 * Grief over Allie
 * Carries the glove
 * (It catches!)
 * Trying to keep Allie with him
 * Where is Holden? Bookended (framed) story
 * While he’s telling it
 * Probably a mental institution
 * Talks about talking to psychoanalyst
 * But he might be in a T.B. sanitarium
 * Ducks!
 * They migrate! That’s a change!
 * Change worries Holden
 * It’s never been good for him
 * Falling
 * Little kid on the street singing “Comin’ Thro the Rye” – Holden hears Catcher
 * Walking on the curb –danger
 * Holden thinks he’ll fall crossing the street
 * He falls whenever he’s punched
 * Phoebe might fall off the carousel
 * Like kids falling of the cliff, needing to be caught
 * But it’s okay to fall, you can get up again!
 * Big change for Holden!
 * Kids have to risk, have to grow up!