Part one of term paper
Between childhood and adulthood there is an awkward stage in life called the teens. These people are characterized by the developing of their physical selves, their changing mental awareness, and their responses to many outside factors. Some of these factors are relationships, peer pressure, sexuality and spirituality. There are many differen ...

Part two of term paper
... teen is a ball of feelings and emotions with barbed wire wrapped around it. He is sarcastic, nasty, and completely unlikable. He also gives the impression that he does not care. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist in J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, is every teenager caught between the juvenility of high school and the fear of adulthood. The inability to be understood is one of the trademark characteristics of the typical teenager. Throughout the novel, Holden acts the way he does because no ...