Examples Of Growing Up In Catcher In The Rye

In the Novel, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden’s dream is to stop children from growing up. He would imagine thousands of children playing in a field and on one side, there is a cliff. He would hide somewhere until a child came close to the edge of a cliff and then he would come out and stop them from falling off and catch them if they fell. To Holden, growing up means becoming normal and joining the fake, phony world. He is afraid of growing up because he does not want to be responsible, does not like the idea of change, and is afraid of becoming a phony. To begin, Holden does not want to take responsibility for himself. In the beginning of the novel, he is kicked out of Pency and goes to his old teacher’s house where the teacher explains how