Salinger novel "The Catcher in the Rye" is a timeless story of Holden Caulfield, a young boy struggling to find his own identity in a world that seems to be against him. ... Another shared characteristic of Holden and other teens would be the broad subject of sex. "In my mind, I"m the biggest sex maniac you ever saw. ... Teens want to experience and experiment with sex, and even if they choose to remain abstinent until marriage, they will fantasize about it. ... This theme carries over and is acted out throughout the story. ...

• Word Count: 585
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

A Wallflowers Story "When you become a teen, it's like you get a second chance to remake your life. ... Filled with sex, drugs and homework, high school molds and twists teenagers into the people they will be, adults. ... Such happens to Susan, a former friend of the character Charlie in The perks of being a wallflower " I saw her standing in the hall, surrounded by a group of boys I didn't know they were all laughing making sex jokes, and Susan was doing her best to laugh along with them." ...

• Word Count: 2117
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

I was into the drugs, alcohol, sex, parties, stress with family, etc. ... Brendon was another story different from Chris's and Jessica's. ... Sex is a big issue once who hit middle school. ... Almost every teenager in the book was pressured by the sex issue. ... I think adults need to make teenagers more aware of sex and teach them more. ...

• Word Count: 1242
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The student can relate to this novel, because the narrator of the story is their own age and reflects many problems that they themselves may run into someday. The language of the text is easily understood as are the themes in the story. ... I believe students would enjoy this novel because it is about "people roughly their own age, contemporary time, the obvious, but none the less potent, parental relationships, challenging authority, establishing ones own personality and future relationship with peers and sex" (Aidan Chambers, Booktalk, Bodley Head, London, 1985.)Another obvious problem would...

• Word Count: 488
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Interest Level/Reading level: As stated above, the story is about first loves and first sexual experiences. ... It was a quick read not only because the writing was easy to understand but also the suspense and the story kept me wanting to continue to read. ... Plot Summary: Forever is a story of first loves. ... Not long after the issue of sex is brought into the picture. ... Personal Notes for Using the Book: The story is a very realistic portrayal of what first love is really like. ...

• Word Count: 585
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

More girls were using the birth control methods being offered in school the last time they had sex-17.3 percent in 2009, up from 26.9 percent in 2011. ... I don't know how abstinence education is going to prevent someone from having sex. ... I know I am one of the many teenagers who share the embarrassment from talking to their parents about anything, let alone sex. My story is first-hand proof to how the typical parent acts when going through "the talk.... While teens should wait to have sex, the fact of the matter is that many of them don't. ...

• Word Count: 1691
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

This is just one of the common stories of teenage pregnancy. ... Today more teens are having sex at a young age, which brings the outcome of "KIDS HAVING KIDS.... The number of sex scenes in movies is rising and so is the number of pregnant teenagers. ... Most teenagers are not aware of safe sex nor know the importance of using contraception. ... Parents need to feel comfortable and have conversation about sex with their teenagers while school focuses on how to improve sex education. ...

• Word Count: 2627
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The reason the narrator in "Cousin Kate" is disgraced is because she had sex before marriage, which was frowned upon in the decade that the poem is set. ... The neighbours in "The Seduction" "whisper that [she] always looked the type", and disgrace her because she had had sex with a boy she did not know, and had become pregnant. ... We are made to feel pity for the narrator; she did love him, so much so that she felt it was acceptable to break the local taboo of sex out of wedlock. ... The comics show pictures of girls that are happy with their boyfriends, and stories that tell the teenage re...

• Word Count: 1725
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

An adult shares his story as a teenager about smoking his first cigarette and how he got started. ... These stories have a very valuable meaning to them. ... For example sex. "Once everyone gets drunk, sex just happens." ...

• Word Count: 2650
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Michael Kimmel's story of "Guyland," he offers a view into the minds and times of America's sons, brothers, and boyfriends, and why so many of these guys seem to be stuck between adolescence and adulthood. ... Mary Pipher starts off her passage with many examples of young girls stories who came to her for therapy. ... These young girls were entering an age of unrealistic ideals of beauty and images of dehumanized sex. ... When I say "the same" I mean they only really have one thing on their minds and that would be sex. ...

• Word Count: 1241
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

An example of Holden's loss of innocence creating dilemmas for him was when he was thinking about sex and how he almost lost his virginity. ... Time after time, these kids will read The Catcher in the Rye and be able to relate with Holden's story because Holden's story sounds very similar to theirs. The class discussions about Holden's story will never die out, along with the lessons that are derived from it. ...

• Word Count: 901
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

is a typical teenage love story. ... Soon after returning from the trip, Michael and Katherine have sex for the first time. ... is melodramatic because Blume adds more issues than one teenager could possibly face; Kath deals with teenage drinking, sex, drug use, sexually transmitted diseases, teenage pregnancy, and depression/attempted suicide. ... Michael also suffers from the consequences of casual sex. ... Blume is attempting to show her teenage readers that unsafe sex can have dire consequences and that it should be avoided. ...

• Word Count: 1943
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Marilyn told her a very fabricated story. ... Clearly Marilyn made this story up. ... Marilyn had made up the story in an act to receive attention. ... Marilyn embellished in this story. ... This story went too far for the superintendent running the orphanage. ...

• Word Count: 1358
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

During commercials and after every episode there would be a message saying that teenage pregnancy is preventable, websites to visit, and how to even talk to your parents about sex; this gave a clear message but could easily be ignored when being hyped about what was happening in the show and what was going to happen next. ... These shows display the lives of seven girls, seven teenage girls who are pregnant, who want to tell their story. ... The girls tell their own stories, it is not a set up interview or sit down, it is the girls lives videotaped, you get to watch their daily lives and see w...

• Word Count: 1765
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

But on 198 Tower Hill Road, a different story was taking place. ... There is never a dull moment due to the fact that the reader feels as though we are taking part in the story. ... The reader is thrust into a world of sex, lies, friendship, school and love. ... The story unravels going back in time while the narrator is still in present time. ...

• Word Count: 1115
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Everyone has heard the story where, on the morning of the big dance, a teenage boy wakes up to find a gigantic, throbbing, red zit on his nose. ... Along with the attractions between sexes, sexual experimentation is a large factor of stress for teenagers, and the repercussions of such experimentation can cause an even larger amount of stress for the teens in the future. ...

• Word Count: 1355
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Everyone has heard the story where, on the morning of the big dance, a teenage boy wakes up to find a gigantic, throbbing, red zit on his nose. ... Along with the attractions between sexes, sexual experimentation is a large factor of stress for teenagers, and the repercussions of such experimentation can cause an even larger amount of stress for the teens in the future. ...

• Word Count: 1353
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Everyone has heard the story where, on the morning of the big dance, a teenage boy wakes up to find a gigantic, throbbing, red zit on his nose. ... Along with the attractions between sexes, sexual experimentation is a large factor of stress for teenagers, and the repercussions of such experimentation can cause an even larger amount of stress for the teens in the future. ...

• Word Count: 1354
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Everyone has heard the story where, on the morning of the big dance, a teenage boy wakes up to find a gigantic, throbbing, red zit on his nose. ... Along with the attractions between sexes, sexual experimentation is a large factor of stress for teenagers, and the repercussions of such experimentation can cause an even larger amount of stress for the teens in the future. ...

• Word Count: 1355
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School