Many people do not struggle with going into adulthood. People are wanting to be able to be an adult and do what they want. They do not want to follow other adults rules or their parent's rules. But in J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield does not want to go into adulthood. He does not want to deal with all the adult responsibilities. Holden from The Catcher in the Rye struggles a lot with staying a child and becoming an adult, Holden is always connecting his thoughts to his childhood, and how he wants the kids to always be a child and not become an adult. One example is when Holden goes into central park and notices all the ducks leaving, and wonders where the ducks go(Salinger 13). When Holden thinks about where
