The author of Catcher on the Rye, JD Salinger, has created a precisely realistic novel on the immense stress level and complexity of teenage relationships, problems, and confusion.

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The Inevitability of Maturity

Modern society seems to believe that the modern teenage years are the best times in a person's life. This belief is expressed through many various ways, as the way people express themselves, along with the modern movie, music, and entertainment productions. While this may be more or less true in many or some cases, these years can also be the most stressful and problematic of someone's life. There are numerous things that people have to deal with during this period in their lives, and this novel is the perfect example. The author of Catcher on the Rye, JD Salinger, has created a precisely realistic novel on the immense stress level and complexity of teenage relationships, problems, and confusion.

The main character of the story, Holden, fashioned many diverse relationships with the people he encountered. Family relationships are generally the toughest one to maintain at a virtuous level. Holden's parents and relatives, The Caulfield family, was rendered in this approach. Holden's parents are too diligent trying to protect the image fashioned of 'conformed comfort' they have fashioned, causing them to be aloof. Holden's older brother, the author, D.B., who Holden believes is egotistical