In the beginning of the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield, the main character of the novel, had an immature view of the world. After his weekend journey through New York City, and the real world, Holden matures as a person and discovers concepts that he was unaware of in the beginning. Holden is a relatable character, especially to teenagers, because everyone, at one point of their life, has to endure the confusing stage of life between being a child and being an
Tom Robinson’s trial comes at possibly one of the most difficult times for Jem as he begins to enter puberty and he is trying to understand the confusing lessons his dad teaches. Through the trial Jem seems to be one of the few that still carries hope. At this point Atticus explains to Scout that Jem simply needs time to process what he has learned and how the system works. Jem goes from a rumor spreading boy to a understanding mature teenager. At first Jem spreads all the rumors of Boo Radley to scout and dill, and by the end realizes that boo is misunderstood and finds the good in him.
The boy is no longer young and naive; he has grown up and become disillusioned with life. Question 2 The description of the sound in the streets when the young man is walking by thinking of the girl he loves. He hears the "curses of laborers," the "shrill litanies of shop boys," and "nasal chartings of street singers." All of these images, besides just making the street seem busy, also make it seem like an unpleasant and intruding scene, almost like you would want to cover your ears and hurry through as fast as possible. This compliments perfectly the boy's imagination that he is "carrying his chalice safely through a throng of foes."
The Outsiders Ponyboy Curtis A groundbreaking teenage rebel story written by a brilliant writer S.E Hinton "The Outsiders" is about a gang of brothers and friends called the "Greasers" who learn the importance friendship. Ponyboy Curtis, the youngest member of the greasers, narrates the novel. Ponyboy theorises on the motivations and personalities of his friends and describes events in a slang, youthful voice. Ponyboy’s interests and academic accomplishments set him apart from the rest of his gang. Because his parents have died in a car accident, Ponyboy lives with his brothers Darry and Sodapop.
In the novella Turn of the Screw by Henry James, the owner of the estate at Bly, a bachelor left to take care of his young niece and nephew, seeks a governess who “should never trouble him...neither appeal nor complain nor write about anything; only meet all questions herself, receive all moneys from his solicitor, take the whole thing over and let him alone,” (James 122). Either the governess’ paranoia over these strange demands causes her to see ghosts, or encounters with real ghosts cause the governess to feel paranoid. Her paranoid behaviors, such as her overanalysis of the children’s behavior and delusions of grandeur, can be explained through either form of causation. Throughout the novella, the governess overanalyzes the children’s behaviors. One instance of her paranoia with their actions occurs when the governess believes that Flora tried to distract her from Miss Jessel’s ghost and she claims that, “It was a pity I needed to capitulate the portentous little activities by which she sought to divert my attention—the perceptible increase of movement, the greater intensity of play, the singing, the gabbling of nonsense and the invitation to romp,” (James 162).
Escaping The Ascent, the 2009 short story by Ron Rash, is the devastating story of an eleven-year-old, Jared, who loves to imagine new adventures to get away from the real world. While reading Rash’s story, readers will vividly experience the emotional and psychological effects experienced by Jared due to his parents’ life style. For this reason, he always tries to escape to a better, utopic world with the help of his imagination. Ron Rash’s story is a vivid example of dystopian literature, wherein the protagonist is always trying to escape to a greater world; the escapism is seen not only in Jared, the protagonist, but also in the story’s other characters, Jared’s mom and dad. It is not easy to deal with the social and familiar problems encountered by the members of a drug abusive family, but for a non-abuser that is part of an addicted family, it is worse.
The novel takes place during World War II and tells the tale of a friendship between two teenage boys and delves into the themes of loyalty, malice, and betrayal. Gene represents the life of a young boy who is intelligent and finds himself envious of his best
When Janie meets Tea Cake, a poor and adventurous worker, she knows that he is seen as an undesirable and unsuitable match for her: “Janie, everybody’s talkin’ bout how Tea Cake is draggin you round tuh places you ain’t used tuh” (112). Knowing that people saw Tea Cake as an incompatible match did not stop Janie from loving him. Janie understood societies view of him, but did not allow this to stop her from trying to find true love. Through Tea Cake, Janie learned that real love is feeling appreciated and truly desired, and that her past relationships were not love: “Tea Cake love me in blue, so Ah wears it. Jody ain’t never in his life picked out no color for me”(112).
Sammy, the voice of “A & P,” is an awkward kid who is on the brink of adult-hood. In this story, which takes place over the course of just twenty minutes maybe, Sammy encounters a brood awakening about adult hood and how difficult it can be to exit adolescence. Updike’s use of concrete diction helps establish the exact narrative style that he’s going for: an imprudent and witty 19 year-old boy with a keen imagination in regards to the opposite sex. The way Sammy, a cashier at A & P, thinks is unconventional. “In walks
The Catcher in the Rye Adolescence is defined as a stage of development prior to maturity. It is a period of innocence, and imagination; the times before children are exposed to evil, or reality. As children grow old they endure different experiences that shape them as a whole. Although we are not children forever, we are always growing as people. In this novel, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield takes the shape of a child because he is experiencing different obstacles from having to switch schools all the time.