Leah Liberty Going from childhood to
adulthood can be hard, but with a little discipline and patients you’ll find your true identity.
Teenagers identity :• Fashion: - girls, sleeker and tighter - boys, comfortable and relaxed• Music: - Elvis Presley, rock ‘n’ roll - new dances
Holden’s youth • Immature• Fake• Attention issues• Curious• Needy• Acts young for his age
Holden’s maturity • Wants to learn about sex• Alone• Drinking/ smoking• Prostitute• Dates
Motif or symbol• Symbol: the red hat - describes an understanding of the hunt into being a child then to becoming an adult - gives it to Pheobe• Symbol: baseball glove - reminds Holden of Allie
Holden’s transformation
• F-u written on school wall• Upset little kids see it• Thinks their to young• Tries to scratch it off
Teens loss of innocence • Teens developed a new
meaning to their own generation
• teens got in trouble for the language used in the lyrics “devil music”
• With their demands they got new cloths, music, and new attitudes
Personal views• More independent• Patients• Control on money• Respect• Responsibilities