Salinger uses Holden's rebellious experiences to link all teenagers in the 1950's and the 1960's together. ... His story resonates within the teenage community because he reveals likely challenges teens endure while bridging the gap between adolescence and adulthood. ... Hate instills in the minds of Moody and Holden; both experience death and are painfully sensitive to it. ... Mintz says this about high school, "High school was strongly shaped by the fact that most young people could expect to achieve the markers of adulthood-marriage, entry into an adult job, and establis...

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Holden is madly obsessive about keeping her innocence and preventing her from experiencing adulthood. ... Holden believes that he is the "catcher in the rye" to catch younger people in the field of rye before they are exposed to this "phony" world of adulthood. Throughout the novel, Holden struggles with the topic of sexual relations although he wants to experience it himself. ...

• Word Count: 817
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• Grade Level: High School

Salinger uses Holden's rebellious experiences to link all teenagers in the 1950s and the 1960s together. ... His story resonates within the teenage community because he reveals likely challenges teens endure while bridging the gap between adolescence and adulthood. ... Hate instills in the minds of Moody and Holden; both experience death and are painfully sensitive to it. ... Mintz says this about high school, "High school was strongly shaped by the fact that most young people could expect to achieve the markers of adulthood-marriage, entry into an adult job, and establishment of an ...

• Word Count: 852
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher In The Rye" Holden Caulfield's judgment of society is jaded by his loss of innocence much like many other adolescents in today's world. Holden Caulfield is a symbol of today's youth more so then when the character was first introduced. Holden faces loneliness, fear of...

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Teens want to experience and experiment with sex, and even if they choose to remain abstinent until marriage, they will fantasize about it. ... The teenage years are a period of transition between childhood and adulthood. ...

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Holden is attracted to the ways of adulthood, the sex, the drinking, etc.. ... He begins to mature and surrender to an inevitable stage in his life, adulthood. ... This represents to Holden the need these children have to live out their dreams and become adults through a series of experiences. ...

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This paper aims to show all kinds troubles that Holden faced during that transition between adolescence and adulthood. ... Holden is a collage of the "human experience". ... So the research in this area could be important and valuable. 1.3 The motivation of selecting this topic (research value) As we all know, every man should experience growth, and growth has pain. ...

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For Ellen, she experiences grief due to her mother's death, and her father's abusive behavior. Holden has problems accepting adulthood; this is why he does not like adults and therefore isn't close with his parents. Gordie experiences neglect from his parents, who discourage and under- appreciate his amazing knack for writing. ... The difficulties, which young people often experience in trying to understand themselves, are intensified by the severity of the relationship void between themselves and their parents. ... While Ellen and Gordie feel more emotionally detached from th...

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Later when Holden sneaks into his parent's apartment to speak to Phoebe, he defines his desire to "catch" children from falling off a metaphorical cliff into the corruption of adulthood. ... In the same manner as Holden, people will travel through their lives gaining vast amounts of knowledge and have many experiences. ... After experiencing enough, they will solidify these ideals as Holden did with his stance on innocence. ...

• Word Count: 987
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• Grade Level: High School