I mean I'm not going to lie.... This book was unlike others and really didn't have a distinctive climactic moment. It didn't really even seem to have much of a rising action either, it was just stuck on some continuous point between Exposition and Rising Action. So, we'll call it The Exposirise Action. Haha.. Saying that, this does not mean at all that this was a boring book. In fact, It was anything but ordinary. It's a short novel, yet it throws you through more emotional hoops than a 500 page book. Anyways, if I really had to choose a climactic moment in the story it would have to be the point in which Holden is watching Phoebe on the carousel. All throughout the novel Holden is fighting with his internal conflict of growing up, and at this point as he is watching her go around trying to reach for the golden ring he realizes that some things just need to be let to happen. He mentions being worried that Phoebe could fall off but decides to let her be a kid and not interfere. At this point it seems as though he finally finds peace with his struggle and realizes that things will turn out alright. This is highly significant because it marks the moment Holden truly saw things through an adults perspective and got over his fear of growing up. He really demonstrated true maturity.
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