123 School Work

Ignorance without a Cause

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  What causes Juvenile Delinquency? In the 1950's, the adult world tried to find every answer to this question but looked in all the wrong places. For the most part the parents would investigate the minds of their teenage children for the problem and would never look into themselves for a possible fault. This ignorance can go both ways, for instance, once a teenager is acting up they can look at their parents to blame instead of realizing they have control of their own lives. Throughout the novel Catcher in the Rye and the film Rebel without a Cause the creators of both works use the relationships between the main characters and their parents to convey the actuality that ignorance is the leading cause of juvenile delinquency.
  The main character of Rebel without a Cause, Jim, experiences this ignorance both from his parents and through his own actions. His father is not being as strong and assertive as Jim would expect most fathers to be. Instead of realizing his son was ashamed of him and that he was the cause of Jim's sensitivity towards being viewed as a coward he looked at his son as if he was creating trouble solely for fun. His mother does not help the situation by controlling the power in the family because it only makes Jim realize how much of a chicken his dad is. Like his parents, Jim shows his ignorance as well but by trying to change only the error of their ways and not look to himself to make changes that he can have control of...