... avoid his problems and responsibilities. He believes that all American adults are fake and superficial. This mentality can be interpreted as simply a way for Holden to avoid the responsibilities of adulthood, and to deny the need to grow up. Because he refuses to mature, Holden fails to take responsibility for being expelled from numerous private schools, and refuses to put even ... facet of American society. This unsettling pressure, coupled with traumatic events, cause the Narrator and Holden to act out of character, and to become someone they are not. The Narrator experiences two tra...

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• Grade Level: High School