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Holden Caulfield: Dealing With Maturity
In J.D Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, the main character Holden Caulfield is a 17 year old bad boy who goes from school to school and gets kicked out of every single one of them. Despite coming from a wealthy family, he has more problems than a kid coming from a dysfunctional family, where the dad is a dead beat drunk and the mom is a drug addict. Holden likes to do what all the adults can do and, because he's taller than 6 feet, he gets away with most of it. From his point of view, maturity had to do with drinking and losing his virginity. He believes that losing his virginity means he will become a man and experience something some people have not yet had the pleasure of experiencing. Holden understands, though, that if he does have sex, he will lose the innocence of a child. He struggles with the idea of taking on the responsibilities of a man, something he is not yet ready for.
Maturity is growing up, getting older and making more......

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