Growing up and getting old is part of a natural life span, and everyone eventually encounters it. For one it may be a very big step to maturity which may lead to many barriers and challenges. For those who don't enter maturity will be left behind in their childhood. The saying "age is nothing but a number" isn't completely true, with every number that gets added to an age, one grows older and develops a mature identity. This leads to receiving many responsibilities and tasks that one may not ask for. The society holds its citizens to very high standards and morals that one may not be ready to understand and accept just like in Holden's case. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield, the main character, is trapped between his fantasy of childhood, and the unpredictable struggles of adulthood. While Holden tries to grow up, he runs into many challenges that hold him back like, living with rules, losing
his virginity, and facing his family.
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