While it is appropriate to discuss the novel in such terms, Holden Caulfield is an unusual character for a bildungsroman because his main goal is to resist the coming-of-age process itself which is clearly described by his reflections on the museum. As his thoughts about the Natural History Museum demonstrate, Holden is afraid of change and weighed down by complexity. He wanted an easy life: where everything is easily understandable and eternally fixed, like the statues of Eskimos and Indians in the museum. He is afraid because he is guilty of the sins he criticizes in others and because he does not understand everything around him. He is sometimes more perplexed. But he refuses to acknowledge this fear, only expressing it in a few instances – such as when he talks about sex and admits that "sex is something I just don't understand." I swear to God that I