Teenager In Catcher In The Rye

Typical Teenagers It’s safe to say, that society in America can get better. It is not at the worst, but it’s not at the best. When young kids grow up and hit their young adult phase, their curiosity and thirst for knowledge increase. Most likely, they have created their own experiences and start to form their own opinions, different from those who raised them. Teenagers commonly grow bitter of both the world they live in and growing up because it’s natural, and it was stated before. Society in American can get better. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger was written from the viewpoint of a young teenager expressing how he feels towards the world he lives in, even though it was written 64 years ago, the message still relates today. Catcher in
Stradlater went out on a date with Holden’s childhood friend Jane, someone he shared a friendly, almost childlike bond with and the idea of someone from his innocent past being with someone as perverted as Stradlater. In Chapter 13, Holden admitted more of his innocence, “"I was a little nervous. I was starting to feel pretty sexy and all, but I was a little nervous anyway. If you want to know the truth, I'm a virgin. I really am" (Salinger 102-103). When reading CITR, there was no denying Holden was a sexual person and being the unreliable narrator he was, he made it seem like he had women wrapped around his finger, but he was a virgin, a nervous one. Also in Chapter 13, Holden revealed more of his innocence when acting on how he felt, "'Hey how old are you anyways?' 'Me? Twenty-two…Then she stood up and pulled her dress over her head. I certainly felt peculiar when she did that. I mean she did it so sudden and all. I know you're supposed to feel pretty sexy when somebody gets up and feels pretty sexy when somebody gets up and pulls their dress over their head, but I didn't. Sexy was about the last thing I was feeling" (Salinger 106). Holden went through