Three prime examples of adolescent struggles are in the characters Ellen Foster, from the novel Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons; Holden Caulfield, from the novel Catcher in the Rye by J. ... At the beginning of the three stories, Ellen Foster, Catcher in the Rye, and Stand by Me, the characters Ellen, Holden, and Gordie, were all comparatively at the same place in terms of the relationships they had with their parents. ... Each of these characters displays a certain confusion in their struggle to understand themselves which, at the cause of it, is a parental relationship in turmoil. ... Each of ...

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Salinger brings out the qualities of his main character, Holden Caufield, through his relationships with his siblings in The Catcher In The Rye. ... These relationships give insight into Holden's character and his problems....

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drunk, James Deans character, Jim, in Rebel without a Cause, leans up against the window, looking in on his mother and father and grandmother, fighting as soon as the door closed and pretending to be hunky-dory when it opens. ... But there was a drive, as heard in Catcher in the Rye and even in Rebel with out a Cause, an echo of the kids searching for something bigger, something that will make life worth living. ...

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