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Holden Caulfield's Struggle Against Society

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Is Holden Caulfield really rebelling against society, or is he just growing up? This novel is a story of adolescence. We can find the joys, the anxieties and the difficulties and the revolt of this period of our life. What is interesting in this book, it’s not really the outcome but more the functioning of the mind and feelings of this adolescent who, beyond his (relative) immaturity, understands life with that spontaneity and truth that many adults no longer use. The story of the book is around the 1950s. The family is at the center of everything and all values at this time. Fathers are usually proud chieftains and the mothers of household par excellence advertised for household products. At this time, children having their place only to

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