Coming of age is a person's transition from childhood to adulthood. The young rye catcher is portrayed through the mind of Holden Caulfield. This book portrays Holden as a maniac because he is recalling his three-day story to a psychoanalyst at a mental hospital. Holden is fighting that fine line between being an adult and a child. However, he does not want to grow up and become an adult due to the increasing responsibilities that come with being an adult, the loss of innocence associated with growing up, and the falseness that comes with becoming an adult. Holden is afraid of growing up due to the increasing responsibilities that come with being an adult. This is clearly demonstrated by the fact that he purposely failed his classes at Pencey: “DEAR MR. SPENCER (reads aloud). This is all I know about the Egyptians. I can't get much interest, although your lectures are very interesting. It's fine for me if you fail, since I'm failing everything else except English anyway. With all due respect, Holden Caulfield. Then he put down my damn paper and looked at me like he'd just beaten me at ping-pong or something. I don't think I'll ever forgive him for reading that rubbish out loud to me. I wouldn't have read it out loud to him if he had written it, I really wouldn't. In the first place, I only wrote the damn note so he wouldn't feel too guilty about failing me,” (Salinger 12). Holden doesn't want to grow up, become an adult and take on the responsibilities of college. He's failing school on purpose so he can stay behind and be a kid forever. Throughout the story Holden refuses to take responsibility for communicating with other people who could help him. For example... middle of the paper... about the increasing responsibilities that come with being an adult, the loss of innocence associated with growing up, and the falseness that comes with becoming an adult. Holden cannot accept the responsibilities and consequences that come with growing up, so he refuses to grow up. He doesn't even call his parents after being kicked out of Pencey. Holden doesn't want to grow up because of the loss of innocence that comes with growing up. Always praise little children and purity. He wants to be the catcher in the rye for children so they don't fall off the cliff and lose their innocence. Holden sees that the adult world is full of fakes and even says that his brother is fake, so he doesn't want to grow up. Although in the end, thanks to the deep dialogue with his sister, Holden now begins to realize that growing up is inevitable.