The Catcher in the Rye: Holden and Modern Teenagers

The characteristics of Holden from the book The Catcher in the Rye by J.D.
Salinger, will be compared to the "modern teenager".  The characteristics of
both sets of teenagers are basically similar, but in some parts, they are
different. I chose myself as the modern teenager to be compared to Holden. There
will be four major subjects to be talked about in the essay. The main subjects
that are going to be discussed in this essay are academics, family, experiences
and slang.  I thought these four categories are interesting and easy to explain.


In school, we are very similar in many ways.  Both of us do not do well
academically.  We both have problems with grades in our classes.  Holden failed
four out of five of his classes while I failed none.  But instead I received
four "C's" from four out of eight of my classes. Although Holden has problems
with grades, ironically he does well in his English. Holden stated, "I'm quite......

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