Like Holden i think that we all have problems finding that line between adulthood and childhood at this point in our life. Because we are so close to being an adult but yet we are still children. We have grown up's telling us what to do yet we have to make all these decisions so quick and in a certain matter of time. Scholarships, College, leaving home, Graduation, School, Sports, Jobs, all these things that determine our future in just one year can be so overwhelming. Sometimes we don't know how to act you can't expect us to be adults right away but their is a line. Which Holden has a hard time drawing he doesn't know what he wants out of life, out of school, out of anything. He is just making stuff up as he goes along. On the one hand he still wants to be a kid and go home to his parents, on the other hand he ran away and is staying in New York. I really don't think that Holden has a goal of whether he wants to be a child or an adult It's just more of him doing what he wants to do. Which we veiw as being childish or adult like.
Which do you think he is being more of a child or an adult?
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ReRe i agree with you.. Holden doesn't forsure know what he wants to be an adult or child. He does very childish things, but then he will go around swearing because it makes him look older, or hes living on his own right now in New York. He inside i think wants to be a kid but on the outside he doesnt wanna seem like a little kid so he acts like an adult to show that he doesnt need anyone to help him out
ReplyDeleteGreat points made here. I think Holden's main struggle comes from the 'phoniness' in the adult world. He doesn't want to grow up in the hypocrisy of the 'real world.'
ReplyDeleteDo you think it's possible to grow up and not become a phony?
I'd say it's definitely pretty hard to grow up and not become a phony. In some situations you even need to have a little phoniness such as giving someone a good first impression like at a job interview. Holden definitely is caught in between the two worlds of adulthood and childhood and just like Tanner said, I think Holden is like a little kid on the inside, but he wants to do adult things to make him look like an adult on the outside...
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