*Alienation and Depression - In the novel, Holden senses and plans on going elsewhere, far from his family, friends, and from everybody he knows. This anxiety sometimes occurs to some people in the real world. These people may be afraid to face the reality or are lost. They sometimes wishes to be alone and escape the issues surrounding them
*The Childlike Innocence in the Adult World - Holden can be seen as a typical teenager in today's society. Society is telling him that it is time for him to grow up and change. He is attracted to the vices of adulthood: alcohol, cigarettes, the idea of sex, and a kind of independence. But he despises the compromises, loss of innocence, absence of integrity, and loss of authenticity in the grown-up world. Often, in the modern world, teenagers are tempted to do things that they don't want to but are force to do in order to fit in.