J.D Salinger's Catcher in the Rye depicts a young teenage boy, Holden Caulfield, who gets kicked out of private schools continuously and stays in New York City before returning home to tell his family of his failure. Salinger's main focus in the novel is Holden's maturing and growing. Maturity is shown through being on his own in NYC, having a former homosexual teacher and his use of judgment. Holden Caulfield finds himself in the …showed first 75 words of 526 total…

…showed last 75 words of 526 total…the worst one. The true Holden hides from reality and finds himself in an odyssey within New York searching for entertainment. He copes with his brother's death with the help of his younger sister Phoebe. Holden isolates himself within the walls of a museum, where things are always the same. A carousel in Central Park is where his journey ends. Salinger's writing gives this novel a perfect example of a young mans struggle with maturity.