Holden is very much a character of contradiction; at seventeen years of age he is six feet two-and-a-half inches (189 cm) tall, and already has some grey hair – though he himself admits that he sometimes acts more like a 13-year-old than an adult.
Holden je u velikoj meri oličenje kontradiktornosti; sa sedamnaest godina, on je visok 189 centimetara i već ima pokoju sedu – iako on sam priznaje da se ponekad više ponaša kao trinaestogodišnjak, nego odrasla osoba.