The Teenage Years

Title: The Teenage Years
Category: Literature / Novels | Words: 2248 | Pages: 9.6 (approximately 235 words/page)

The Teenage Years

THE TEENAGE YEARS: HOLDEN’S STRUGGLE In the novel Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, as an individual entity is internally torn up by dividing forces. One supports adolescence, while the other supports adulthood. This battle is known as the transitional period, or the teenage years and is illustrated by three main themes. First, his outlook on all things sexual displays an important part of this struggle. Next is his perception of himself and others, …showed first 75 words of 2248 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 2248 total…choices are to conform to the adult world, or to die - symbolically or in actuality. Holden is a teenager. It is a transitional period from childhood to adulthood. This time, for the average teenager, is soaked in conflict. Holden’s conflicts have many faces; sex, the people around him, himself, and everything from the past which affects his future. This struggle is the foundation of this book, and is the basis of the teenage years.

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