In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger describes a narrative of Holden Caulfield's encounters. Holden is portrayed as a high school student who judges adults while being kind to youth. Holden doesn't want to grow up and thinks that as he approaches adulthood he will become an impostor. Holden's indulgence towards young people, like his sister, is due to his dilemma of whether to grow up or not, his disgust for false adults, and his own childhood. Holden's aversion to false adults makes him not want to enter adulthood. Holden fears that if he becomes an adult, he will become an impostor, which he hates. As Holden listens to Mr. Spencer's lecture, his mind wanders: "If a boy's mother were fat or sassy or something...then old Haas would just shake his hand and give him a fake smile and then talk with someone else's parents. I can't stand that stuff. It drives me crazy” (14). Holden's great hatred for fakes is shown here. Later in the book, when Phoebe asks Holden why he was expelled from school r...