Holden is a rebel!!!

In this book I feel like Holden acts very much like a rebel. He wants to go against everything a boy his age should do. He flunks out of every school he is sent to. The reason for this is because he is rebelling against his parents. He feels like there is no point in trying because he will never be as good as his older brother no matter how hard he tries. So why not be the black sheep of the family? Holden smokes at Pencey even when your not supposed to. He couldn't care less if he got in trouble for it though because he knew he was getting kicked out anyway. He goes to New York to go home by himself, and while he is there he acts like a grown man. Going to bars and hiring prostitutes isn't something a 16 year old should be doing. Society is telling him he needs to stay in school and get good grades to become a successful man, very much like his brother did. But Holden doesn't think that's the right thing for him to do. He will just keep getting kicked out of school and getting himself into trouble until he finally learns the place where he belongs. Holden's way of growing up is to try and rebel what society is telling every 16 year old to do. By doing so he will learn a lot along the way and actually maybe learn more than he would if he stayed in school and actually tried. It's hard for someone to do that though when they know they will just disappoint the important people in their life anyways. Holden sees no sense in being a normal teenager. His parents and teachers try and force everything on him, when all he wants to do is stay young and free. He doesn't want to have the stress of becoming successful, so he takes the easy way out.