In The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, the protagonist, a 16-year-old boy named Holden Caulfield living in the 1940s, struggles to agree with opinions of his company. After being expelled from college again, Holden runs away to New York. He decides to have an adventure of his own instead of returning home. Holden's experiences in New York lead to further upheavals in his life, which ultimately land him in rehab. Holden would struggle with the same issues if he were a teenager living today. If Holden Caulfield lived today, he would be able to relate to more people through modern technology such as cell phones, the Internet, and social media; however he would be even more hypocritical and at odds with the world because he would disapprove of other people's use of these technologies, which would make him feel even more alienated. Holden hates that the world around him is constantly changing and that people keep leaving. , because he knows that the places and people he felt comfortable with are most likely very different from when he was younger. While Holden is in New York, he decides to pay a visit to the Natural History Museum where he often went as a child. Observing an Eskimo in a shop window, Holden comes to the conclusion that “certain things should remain as they are. You should be able to put them in one of those big glass cases and leave them alone” (122). Holden wants to be able to count on people and places that he knows will always be the same, especially because the world around him is changing. Therefore, living in an age where everything revolves around the use of technology that allows the world to change at a very fast pace, would only intensify Holden's hunger for paper... of modern technology would amplify the sense of Holden's alienation. They would find it even harder to cope with the fast pace of change, how early in life children are exposed to influences that take away their innocence, and how superficial and fake it can seem when life is mostly lived through the connections made. from technology. Holden is desperate for people who understand him and repeatedly tries to reach out to anyone who will listen. Today he would be even more eager to find these types of relationships. However, Holden's hypocrite would also find comfort in the fact that with modern technology, he would have a way of finding and connecting with people he thinks are not fake, people who project themselves and don't give in to pressure. of society, which believes that everyone should be equal.