Childish in the Beginning, Mature by the End No one is born mature. We are all imature at one stage of our life, and many of us grow up at one point or another. Maturity is a big theme in the book The Catcher in the Rye. I think many people are immature for different reasons, there could be a tragedy in the family that affects you in that way or maybe a certain event …showed first 75 words of 419 total…

…showed last 75 words of 419 total…think Holden doesn't act his age. In my opinion, to be immature is a thing that everybody goes through, and its ok, but at one point we must all grow up. Many people might not even know that they're immature and they might even think they are very mature. Holden still needs to grow up but by the end of the book I think he went from a childish type to a more mature type.