Holden is embodied between childhood and adulthood by talking about Allie and holding on and that's his childhood. His adulthood is what he fears to enter, because he's scared to grow up but he acts like an adult. He can't get over allie's death we see this because he still talks about him and he wrote a paper about Allie for Stradlater's composition paper. He acts like an adult but he doesn't want to have the same life like every other adult. One way he likes like an adult is he drinks like one. He represents what most other kids feel when they're growing up.

Holden is poisoned to entering the adult world even know he acts like one but he just doesn't want to face that he's growing up. We see him acting like an adult when he curses throughout the story because we all know that if someone curses it's cool and that's what adults do. He says “Sonuvabitch”, “Crap, “Damn” and “Goddamn”. In chapter 7 holden says sleep tight ya morons! He always calls people morons he even says “morons don't like it when you call them morons” in chapter 6. He also fears entering a world with phonies he talks about phonies the whole book. He says “One of the biggest reasons I left Elkton Hills was because I was surrounded by phonies. That's all. They were coming in the goddamn window” in chapter 2 page 61. Then he hates movies …show more content…
Holden would fear entering the adult world because he got in many fights. When he gets in a fight with stradlater and maurice then he puts the hat on. Then he gives phoebe (his little sister) the hat so she has protection. Then holden goes to get a record for his sister and that then symbolizes his innocence. That is his childhood. Then when the record breaks that's his innocence and childhood breaking. Holden doesn't want to enter a world where he doesn't have his brother. He said in the book that he would talk to Alle sometimes in bed. He's just so stuck to Allie and his