4B+Adolescence

Place your citations (in MLA format) and explanations below. Each group member should include at least two citations.

DawnKrenn. "Holden Caufield is the Voice of Adolescence." Teen Ink. Emerson Media, Mar. 2011. Web. 7 May 2014. .

This article is literary review of Holden Caufield as a character. It is linked to a typical adolescent in the article. It debates whether or not Caufield can relate to adolescents of today's world, because of the growing changes of 65 years.

Siegel, Daniel J. "Why Our Teenagers Feel Compelled to Connect on Social Media." Huffington Post. Huffington Post, 30 Dec. 2013. Web. 7 May 2014. .

This article written by Daniel Siegel in the Huffington Post. The article explains how social media is an effective outlet for teens to express themselves. It also contemplated the benefits and disadvantages of connecting on social media.

Downey, Sarah. "The Maturation of Holden Caulfield and Henry Fleming." Ae Library. Aerius, 2003. Web. 30 Apr. 2014. .

This source passes the C.R.A.P test in many ways. First, it part of an organization and ends in .org rather than .com, which makes it much more credible. The article is just over ten years old, and since the book had been around for several decades, the information has not change within the text. This proves that the source is accurate as well as reliable. The book was not only a good source but it also provided information beyond solely the book. It provided other quotes and scenes about Holden's view on adolescense that werent to the naked eye.The information obtained from this article will help show Holden's views and how he acts upon them.

Chen, Lingdi. "An Analysis of the Adolescent Problems in The Catcher in the Rye." Canadian Center of Science and Education. The Canadian Center of Science and Education, n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. .

Zhaorui, Huang, and Chen Weihan. "Teenage Depression: An Analysis of Holden Caulfield from the Catcher in the Rye." Mar. 2012. PDF file. This article written by both Weihan and Zhaorui is very reliable. It was written recently, within the last 5 years as well includes several articles that cite the facts and quote used. The website where this article was found is an organization, making it a reliable source. bothe of the authors have an excellent history, both being college professors there is a much higher chance at the article being credible.Tha articfle goes beyond the book by thoroughly comparing and explaining the signs of depression that Holden shows throughout the novel. The author compares his signs to the signs of a regular everyday teenager. Both authors made it clear that Holden is suffering from a deep depression which explains many of the situations that Holden takes part in.

National Center for Biotechnology Information. National Center for Biotechnology <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Information, n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK53409/

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In "An Analysis of the Adolescent Problems in The Catcher in the Rye," Lingdi Chen, a writer for The Canadian Center of Science and Education, explains how Holden sees the protection of innocence and children as a primary virtue. His enemy is the adult world, with the cruelty and artificiality. He admires anyone who also believes in the protection of innocence.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In "The Science of Adolescent Risk Taking," the author explores how environment has a huge effect on adolescence. The less stressful a child’s life starts out being, the less chance they will have a poor adolescent stage of life. Traumatic events in childhood can scar a person for their whole lives, and that effect peaks at this point in life.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Metcalf, Allan. "Birth of the Teenager." The Chronicle of Higher Education.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Chronicle Higher Education, 8 Feb. 2012. Web. 29 Apr. 2014.

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">In "Birth of the Teenager" by Allan Metcalf, he explains when the word, "Teenager" originated. He provides examples of different people in past texts that were never considered teenagers, such as Romeo, Juliet, and Huckleberry Finn. Instead, they were considered "adults". The author compares and contrasts the ideas regarding "teeangers" throughout the article.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Schuurman, Donna, and Amy Barrett Lindholm. "Teens & Grief." The Prevention <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Researcher. Integrated Research Services, 2 Nov. 2002. Web. 1 May 2014. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><http://www.tpronline.org/article.cfm/Teens__Grief>.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">"Teens & Grief" by Donna Schuurman and Amy Lindholm, they explain that adolescents don’t know how to grieve properly and independently, so they rely on the adults surrounding them. I disagree with this claim, because when Holden lost Allie as a brother, it was a traumatic experience for him. The little bit that he described his parents, it seems as though they moved on and forgot about him. Holden was the opposite, and continues to think of Allie. When Holden met with Phoebe, she had to remind him that Allie is dead. Phoebe, like her parents moved on from Allies death and dealt with it quite differently.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);"> I also believe that the image of adolescence has changed. Back in the mid 20th and 19th centuries adolescence still had the image of innocence. However, in a faster more globalized world where teens are more connected to the world around them through the internet they often can lose this innocence before and in their adolescence. This has rightly affected the image of adolescence making it less of an ending childhood phase and more of an early adulthood. An example of the image of adolescence adapting close to home is in the recent death of a highschool student over a prom acceptance. Many debated whether the teen murderer should be tried as an adult or a juvenile, but when the dust settled this student was being charged for murder as an adult. This shows how the world is holding teens more responsible for their actions and trying them as adults.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Should Teen Stabbing Suspect Be Charged as an Adult. Interview by Peter Johnson. Fox News. Fox News, 28 Apr. 2014. Web. 30 Apr. 2014. < [|http://video.foxnews.com/v/3515289416001/should-teen-stabbing-suspect-be-charged-as-an-adult/?intcmp=obnetwork#sp=show-clips] >.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Environment absolutely has an effect on adolescence. Some people believe that adolescence is being lost at a younger age and that ambivalence in teenagers is created from the culture that makes people believe adolescence is lost after puberty. This is only one way that environment affects teenagers. This pertains to Catcher In The Rye as Holden’s adolescence was affected by his environment. Holden probably lost his innocence a while back, whether that was from being kicked out from a school or something else the reader doesn’t know, yet Holden desperately grasps for his childhood and innocence back.An example of this would be when Holden says “Certain things, they should stay the way they are.You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone”. This shows his childish nature as he wants to take care of problems like a kid, lock them away somewhere forever. This is an unrealistic expectation that kids often have.Another example, is when he is talking with Phoebe and he describes how he wants to stop the kids from falling off the cliffs, it shows his innocence as he does not want others to symbolically lose their innocence like he did.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">quote “Certain things, they should stay the way they are.You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone”

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Jones, Gerald. "Samuelson on Adolescence." LaTimes. LaTimes, 8 May 1989. Web. 30 Apr. 2014. < [] >.