"The Catcher in the Rye": Holden Caulfield as Teenage Rebel

Holden Caulfield is an unlikely rebel. The son of affluent parents, enrolled in expensive prep schools, untouched by poverty or racism, he would seem to have it made in the booming 1950s. But, for him the world is insincere and untrustworthy. What was Holden rebelling against, and what does his rebellion tell us about America in the 50s and 60s?