Sexuality/“Boy Code” As a Teen Holden Caulfield, is portrayed in Catcher in the Rye as an adolescent boy struggling to find his own identity, possesses many characteristics that easily link him to the typical teenager. Holden’s actions are those that any teenager can clearly relate to. The desire for independence, the sexually related encounters, and the questioning of ones religion are issues that almost all teens have had or will have to deal …showed first 75 words of 973 total…

…showed last 75 words of 973 total…on some contradicting issues concerning religion. As seen in these previous examples, Holden Caulfield truly resembles the typical teen. He has gone through the same situations, encountered many of the same problems, and he also has acted in similar ways as the average teen. Teenage adolescence is a period of transition between childhood and adulthood. In this period, we all experience development both physically and emotionally, that is what being a teen is all about.