Catcher In The Rye Adult Analysis
The Catcher in the Rye is a novel about a child who does not want to enter adulthood. The theme of the story is Holden Caulfield’s painfulness of growing up and living a new life as an adult. Holden’s main goal is to avoid adulthood which he thinks that the only solution to avoid growing up is to act and think like a young child. His personal thoughts towards the Museum of Natural History addresses that he actually fears to become an adult. Furthermore, it demonstrates that Holden does not want to work through the process of becoming an adult because he realizes that the process of growing up is too complex and challenging for him to handle. Holden wants everything in his life to be understandable and easy so that he is available to solve problems