Is growing up hard? As teenager their responsibilities increases than as a child. The term "growing up" hits hard to most teenagers. Adolescence is a stage in which teenagers are adapting to new changes. Similarly, in the novel, Cather in the Rye by J.D. Salinger published in 1991, Holden is a typical teenager who struggles. He is lost, cannot get his situation straighten out. He feels isolated among his friends. Therefore, He hates some of their guts. Though, Holden is a teenager, childhood is precious for him. Holden is very attached to children because he thinks they are innocence more than phony and he wants to save them.
Holden admires children's innocence than "phony" adult. For Holden's definition, phony is a person