The Catcher In The Rye can strongly be considered a "coming of age" novel due to the main theme, which is about Holden, a young teenage boy lose to adult hood and struggling in many ways to accept it. Many situations and themes in the novel, such as different signs of immaturity at different levels, having trouble with accepting society and struggling with many issues, which he doesn't realize many of them, are reasons why the novel could be considered in this genre.

Holden's struggle with school is an example of how he struggles to come to terms with the adult world. He sees all the flaws that adulthood has when being surrounded by the situations and people in school.He sees pure phoniness, cruelty, and lack of individuality in school life as everyone considers themselves part of a group or else...