Catcher In The Rye Comparison Essay

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Alyssa Celorier Period 5 November 4, 2014 The Lives Of Jim and Holden During the 1950’s, teenagers were expected to be “perfect” and never get in trouble. Juvenile delinquency was something a lot of people worried about. In the book “Catcher In the Rye” , Holden was quit a trouble maker and didn’t really care too much about anything or anyone. Also, in the movie “Rebel Without a Cause” Jim was also a troubled teen who didn’t think much about the law. Both of these stories, the authors presented common lives of teenagers from the 1950’s to convey the themes of friendship, love and death in the story. Friendship was a big and common theme that occurred within both stories. In CITR, friendship between Holden and his sister Phoebe…show more content…
Holden is deeply in love with Jane Gallagher. Jane doesn’t feel the same way and goes out on a date with many guys, specifically Stradlater whom Holden hates. Holden thinks Jane is amazing and gets jealous when that one date happened. Jim as well has that one girl who, one look got him hooked. Her name was Judy. Judy his next-door neighbor, Buzz’s girl’ the pretty one was the one girl Jim thought he connected to and that could have a good time with. Jim wanted Judy maybe as friends or maybe more. Death was a big factor of Holden’s actions and feelings in CITR. When his brother Allie died his whole world came to a halt and he didn’t feel any more happiness. Allie had died of Cancer and it took a toll on him mentally and emotionally. In RWC, Plato’s death made an impact on Jim as well. Plato was Jim’s only true friend when no one else was there. Plato died not from sickness but from a gunshot. Both of these deaths affected these two people in a negative way. From love to death both of these stories have common similarities. Both of them show many themes that intrigue a lot of people , especially knowing Jim and Holden’s places in the 1950’s teenagers today can still relate to everyday problems that both kids faced throughout the

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