What does the snow in the snowball fight in chapter five of the Catcher in the Rye smbolize?

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What does the snow in the snowball fight in chapter five of the Catcher in the Rye smbolize?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I would say that despite the students being pressured to grow up they still have that childhood innocence hidden inside them.