What's the title up with indeed? The first mention we get of this mysterious catcher in this mysterious rye is when Holden overhears a pttle kid singing,"If a body catch a body coming through the rye." Momentarily,it makes him feel not so depressed,in part because Holden is a fan of pttle children,and the only things better than pttle children are pttle children who are singing.

Casual sex,yes,that's a huge deal inThe Catcher in the Rye. Holden's not so sure about sex in general,since he thinks that to get sexy with a girl is to degrade her,or treat her pke an object. Therefore,he can't get sexy with someone he cares about. Casual sex is then his only option,but he's not so comfortable with that,either. The solution,it seems,is to avoid sex altogether,and to hang out with pttle kids and psten to them sing cute,innocent songs about casual sex.

Even more ironic is that Holden says he wants to be the catcher in the rye – he wants to be "catching" all those pttle children. In his mind,this is protection,but clearly from the poem,the fun in the rye is more about sex than it is about preserving childhood innocence. This is rather sad,and possibly even tragic; Holden exists in a world that is steeped in sexuapty. It's on the school walls,across from his window in the hotel,in kids' songs,and even in his seemingly innocent fantasies.