In Catcher in the Rye the author allows a deeply disturbed and confused teenager named Holden Caulfield to tell his own story In contrary to other teenagers who wish to get older to benefit from advantages such as getting a drivers license and being independent Holden tries to grasp what is left of his childhood as he realizes the existing phoniness in the adult life and avoids being part in it for as long as he can He wishes to remain part of the innocent and pure life that children lead in li
Joseph Conrads novella Heart of Darkness explores the enlightenment of Marlow an explorer who ventures into the Belgian Congo He is led through a chthonic journey witnessing humanity at both its darkest and lightest and emerging from the jungle reborn While both Conrad and his characters make it clear to the audience that Marlow has reached an enlightened state what precisely he is enlightened about is never explicitly states A common easily reached interpretation has Marlow lamenting the evils