The delinquent boy is probably most similar to merton's adaptation of because the delinquent boy rejects the means and goals of conventional society and replaces them with new means and goals.

The answer in the space provided is rebellion. It is because the merton's adaptation of rebellion focuses more on an individual of which acts violently or tends to refuse with having to follow the laws or the orders that are being given or established in which the boy rejects the goals of the conventional society.