Adult or Child?

it depends. you become an adult when an event in your life makes you. when the event occurs it ads a twist to your life, the event usually forces you to take on a new responsibility that is never going to leave you...Ever! lets say your parents are divorced your 17 and then your only parent that you had leaves you. if you have any siblings you are now the "adult" i think holden has shown some things that resemble this. he denies some adult things however, he smokes. i think he is an "adult" most people would most likely say he is in the middle. i dont think so he has starting becoming an adult but as we read on i bet we see that event occur that forces him to change, then he will realize he is an adult and will then and only then be able to face himself as an adult, rather than stay stuck not in between the two but the "partial adult" stage.