How Holdens childhood relates to his actions throughout the book...
Holden is the perfect example of a Jerk. At the beginning of the book, I did not think that I could like him. He is one of those people that are rude to everybody around them and that are not putting any effort into understanding other people. Throughout the book, Holden talked to us like we could relate to him but in all honesty, I was never able to relate to him. I was annoyed by his complaining, his not taking anything seriously, and his lies. He was behaving like he was mature, telling us as the reader how much he can drink and how wise he is even though he is only 16. For me, he always was an immature boy who was just rebelling. His flunking out of Pencey and then running away and drinking underage always just seemed like teenage behavior. Of course, it is not the classical behavior of most of us teenagers but there are a lot of teenagers out there thinking they know everything and Holden is one of them. His character development was interesting to me because, until the...