Leah Liberty Going from childhood to

adulthood can be hard, but with a little discipline and patients you’ll find your true identity.

Teenagers identity :• Fashion: - girls, sleeker and tighter - boys, comfortable and relaxed• Music: - Elvis Presley, rock ‘n’ roll - new dances

Holden’s youth • Immature• Fake• Attention issues• Curious• Needy• Acts young for his age

Holden’s maturity • Wants to learn about sex• Alone• Drinking/ smoking• Prostitute• Dates

Motif or symbol• Symbol: the red hat - describes an understanding of the hunt into being a child then to becoming an adult - gives it to Pheobe• Symbol: baseball glove - reminds Holden of Allie

Holden’s transformation

• F-u written on school wall• Upset little kids see it• Thinks their to young• Tries to scratch it off

Teens loss of innocence • Teens developed a new

meaning to their own generation

• teens got in trouble for the language used in the lyrics “devil music”

• With their demands they got new cloths, music, and new attitudes

Personal views• More independent• Patients• Control on money• Respect• Responsibilities