... depressed and escapes from responsibility. He was also impulsive and aimless. He breaks down both in psychology and physiology. All these are the characteristics of adolescence. Growing pains of adolescences. 1.2 The present situation of the studies of the Catcher in the Rye and adolescent growing problem Since the Catcher in the Rye has been published, there are many researches and reviews on this novel, and great achievement has been made. Such as James Stern' s AW ... .the world' s a crumby place,Nach.k.Burger' s Books of the Times. The trouble of adolescence is also widely researche...

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... startled some readers. Salinger's control of Holden's easy, conversational manner makes the introduction of these larger themes appear natural and believable. At the time of the novel through today, Holden's speech rings true to the colloquial speech of teenagers. Holden, according to many reviews in the Chicago Tribune, the New Yorker, and the New York Times, accurately captures the informal speech of an average intelligent, educated, northeastern American adolescent (Costello ... to seek approval (Costello, 1990). Again, Salinger creates this speech pattern as believable for a common ...

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