As a teenager Holden lacks the love and affection from his parents that every teenager should experience, thus creating an inner insecurity. ... This inner battle that torments Holden is that of childhood versus Adulthood. ... In the end his choice is to be neither immature, arguably the disadvantage of childhood nor "phony" the cost of adulthood. ...

• Word Count: 1661
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This has been the reason why parents tend to punish their children in ways on how they would want their children to be, relying on their experiences, intuitive sense of right and wrong and from the cultural belief they were raised to believe to (Hamner & Turner, 2001). ...

• Word Count: 3156
• Approx Pages: 13
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate