What are three ways Holden changes as a character? (Use examples).

Hi, stb:

This is a tough
question, because in The Catcher in the Rye you could make the case
that Holden doesn't change much at all.  Really, he's a critic of society (but not of
himself) throughout the entire novel.  In the end, he regrets telling us his story at
all, which shows that he is very conservative and in denial of change and maturity.  In
short, he's a reluctant hero not ready to cross the threshold into the adult,
illegitimate world.

If I had to choose only three (3) ways
in which he changes, it would be:

1)  He doesn't commit
suicide, like James Castle.  Because of Antolini's advice ("The mark of a mature man is
that he lives for [a noble cause]"), Holden refuses to romanticize his own death.  He
refuses to martyr himself for the phony culture.

2)  Holden
refuses to enter that adult world of sex.  He hires the prostitute Sonny only to talk to
her.  In short, he wants to protect his and her innocence.  By losing his virginity, he
might have been swallowed up and drowned in the adult world
completely.

3)  Holden chooses to live for Phoebe, his
sister, instead of kill himself for Allie, his brother who died of leukemia.  Holden
lives with survivor's guilt, and he can't turn to adults for help.  So, he looks to
become a surrogate parent to his little sister, a type of therapy and a noble
cause.