In “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger,the character Holden is a typical teenager. The first thing we can observe from a typical teenager is Holden´s teenager language, an example of this is:
“After I got all packed, I sort of counted my dough. I don’t remember exactly how much I had, but I was pretty loaded.” p.52
Holden, as almost every other typical teenager, did adult´s stuff In this case he used to smoke and liked girls.
“I like to be somewhere at least where you can see some girls once in a while.” p.3
A lot of times Holden is not confident about himself and he doubts a lot about everything. In some point he evens gets tired of the society that surrounds him, just like any other teenager would behave.
“I just didn’t want to hang around any more. It made me too sad and lonesome.” p.51
Holden gets into fights, like normal teenagers do. He got into a fight with Stradlater for a girl he cared about.
“Anyway, the next thing I knew, I was on the goddam floor and he was sitting on my chest, with his face all red.” p.43
In conclusion, Holden is a typical teenager. He uses informal or vague language and does adult´s stuff. Holden also hates a lot people and gets into trouble.
Nathalia Mendez 