Juvenile Delinquency
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Juvenile Delinquency: Possible Causes and Cures
During the 1950's, many Americans were worried about juvenile delinquency. The way that teenagers were behaving was out of line and unacceptable. Many books and magazine articles were published concerning this behavior. For older generations, it was hard to understand why these young adults were behaving the way they were. In The Catcher in the Rye and Rebel without a Cause, we are shown many causes of juvenile delinquency and stereotypes that represent teenagers of today.
Holden, from The Catcher in the Rye, is a well respected young man with a lot of problems. While reading the book and hearing Holden's thoughts and how he feels about many people and situations, we see that he is mentally unstable. He doesn't have a good relationship with his parents at all, and doesn't want to see them. He makes up a lot of situations that didn't happen, and develops feelings on these unethical principles. It is easy to tell that he doesn't accept the fact that he has a mental problem when he always refers to himself as being "run-down" in the book...