“The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move. You could go there a hundred times, and that Eskimo would still be just finished catching those two fish, the birds would still be on their way south, the deers would still be drinking out of that water hole, with their pretty antlers and their pretty, skinny legs, and that squaw with the naked bosom would still be weaving that same blanket. Nobody'd be different. The only thing that would be different would be you.”
This quote fits with the theme of Holden’s enjoyment of childhood. It is obvious that Holden likes children more than he does adults. When Holden says this, he shows that he misses his childhood. He focuses on the fact that no matter how much he or anyone else changes, they can go back to that museum time after time and everything will stay the same. It is interesting how Holden seems to have this obsession with childhood. While he is looking for his sister he strikes up a conversation with a girl her age.
Museum of Natural History
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