Vignette

One area within chapters 15-16 where we see a vignette by Holden is on pages 120-121. Here, Holden is reflecting back on when he and the rest of his class went to the museum and what the
different displays were within the museum. A powerful moment in the vignette was when, toward the end, Holden says "The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was... The only thing that would be different would be you." (Salinger, 121) In this moment, Holden is reflecting on how he likes that the displays never change, you can go in there time after time and the display will always be the same. I assume that he doesn't like change because change in his life so far has always seemed bad. His constant changing of schools and Allie's death both help prove this.