Theme of Catcher & Curlew Sandpipers

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Hey..

            I'd like to hear some ideas of the theme of Catcher... I mean,
    well, I've come up with a thousand but the two most prominent, I
    believe, are:
                            1.  The society sickness (y'know the one Mr.
Antolini
                                  whispers about) that we all know too well.

                            2.  Salinger's exploration of Holden's (Holden
being
                                  just a primary, general example)
perspective and
                                  view on life.  Salinger presenting
Holden's view
                                  of wanting to rub the 'fuck yous' off, or
to catch
                                  and protect everyone as ultimately the
not-so-good
                                  choice.  I think this point develops when
Holden
                                  realizes (in the last few pages of the
book while
                                  Phoebe is on the Carousel) that it's bad
if you
                                  try to tell the children to not reach for
the golden
                                  ring so they won't hurt themselves.

            Anyway, I just wanted some input, heh, or output.
                                                                - Jared

 "We are the hollow men / We are the stuffed men"  T.S. Elliot

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