The Alibrandi name is frowned upon by the Italian community, as its not acceptable for a single mother to be raising a daughter. ... I think john's death is a result of a young man crying out for help than just simply taking his life, when he couldn't deal with the demands of others anymore he did what he deemed to be the only way to escape his problems, suicide. ...

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Culturally, all of these things would be deemed highly unacceptable in today's society and would probably even become big news which speaks a lot on the amount of cultural difference that lies there. Although there are many cultural similarities between family and social issues of the 80s and now, things that were found acceptable have changed quite a bit with more rules being put in place in the 21st century. ...

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Problems with the Material There are multiple aspects of The Catcher in the Rye that can be deemed unacceptable in the classroom. ... Many of Holden's views and thoughts are not what people would call "socially acceptable". ...

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