How is Holden Caulfield presented as both a strong and a weak character in J D Slainger's novel 'Catcher In The Rye?'
A topic sentence like this would allow you to explore the ways in which Holden still clings on to the things of his youth like a security blanket, as he stands on the verge of manhood and contemplates taking on board the idea of standing on his own two feet and paying his own way in the adult world with all that might entail. (Tolerating 'fake' occupations and personalities, signing up to the 'American Dream' with all its seemingly false promises etc.) You could then talk about how adults who 'have made it through' to self-reliance might have surmounted these obstacles and why Holden's humans frailties and personality issues made this so difficult for him.
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