Thursday, November 18, 2010
Teenage Mentality
Our new book Catcher in the Rye clearly has an emphasis on teenage mentality. The character (Holden) shows his personal emotions of hate and rebellion against his peers. But like all teenagers he also has a soft side that he tries to hide. In my personal opinion this book captures exactly what it is like to be a teenager. I went through this phase, and most other people do. But what do you guys think? My opinion is only one of many. Do you think this book is an accurate portrayal of teenage emotion and actions, is it not even close, or somewhere in the middle?
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Sure, I think that he is what we might classify as a typical teenager. But there is also the aspect of his behavior that he addresses earlier in the book, where he says he acts like a 12 year old sometimes. It's evident not only in the way he acts toward other people, as in generalizing them based on how they look, but also in his egotistical view of the world. I'm not saying that teenagers don't do that, but most don't to the extent that Holden does, and those that do still have a lot of growing up to do.
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