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Vnir.es, Other ~0nmsJ p. 6. ?lNe1son ~,l.('l'rpn, :, TI,:,lk Oy; t.nl'? ~;Iilrl Side, (Greenv1iC'h, C('Inn.: '!<',qTtTcett Pllhli c-::;-ti0nc:,Tn~ 1956):--?OCnpnte, Othp1" 7 muscular. For the most ~~rt these adole9cents ~re ~hysi­ cally underdeveloped, bnt. here aE:aj n ? 8 v.n th differences in location ami econo'(1ic and socinl sll~erficlAl1:r co.re sr.~tlJS, the~T in behin~ t~ese to the rli fferences imnnrtnnt. in ref:::rd to thp sredfic ac'tinns vJ},ich adolescent,s fnllnVl, but re~ard ~hysi CC'l] C;luses b~sjc 9.1"e nnt "i-s'"'lly importClnt actions. Desnite the surfAce dissimilarities in t.h o ?d01escents of these novels, these rljffere~cps real. ~hysical They Rrp merely Rnd mental CR:-'ACity. v2stJ~ Are more ~~~prent than environml'lnt or rhys;c-al Tr.e bRsie sirrdlarities ·vJ"hi.ch arB more imnortant thAn surface differences COncern the B.rlolescent :in the adult world. The adoles('en~ts T)icture of And his renction to the adult ".Torld, Althoue:h often differinE in actual mpnisfestatio~, are bp~ica]ly s:imilar. Excent for those fp"'tl adolescents who do accert the ad1Jlt. \·mrlci and find V8 Jues there, 'the adole scent is ni ctured as bein!! in confJict: to riecY'ees of violence and v~r:r;.n.z success, vnth the adult v.mrld. The adult world is harsh and unfeelinE and a destroyer of dreaMS for Bruno Bicev. of a l~rfe tuni~y and the slums. city and was lac~ o~ He v.lAS a chilo of the slums ~revented co~cern from throuph lack of o~nor­ any from s0ct~ty escP~e He [lpd his friends were delinouents almost by neces::"ity, n:-Its life W2S a certseleS9 series of' l.Uf:~ts~ for tobacco ••• , for meat, for coffee, for bre2d, for sleep, for w"'iskey, for women, for dice £,:8mes anri ball :-;omes and --- ,---------,----.-~.---. ner Eona 1 trl' umn h 8 'l n 1-.1 ' plll,_l.C 1 ,,2? races. hecominr-; ;; boxer but w;->s tbV'l-:trtec did not offer him evp!1. dream. "Aruno ? He dre::lmed of every turn. ::J.t or!~ortunity small to fulf"i 11 hi s ~olicernen vT!18 finally arrested, the 1"28 Society d~ee~, societY'G symboJ. of final riestruction of the "And To the adolescent the adult world is often strange rela~~onshins. Rnd cold and Ipck"inp in nnrmAl savs, fI"JIT /.:r DE!ren t s were m'Tn rarents ;"tr'? only h~zy t ' DO, rnucn t 0 :~u?,ie me.... 112h. JVi2rch ul'()~\len:,u""] l...l c~ If' e Id' s f-i.9'1..l.res in ;:mother room and Joel Knox's father--his mother was dead--is an immobile invalid whose nnly me-"ns of communi the st~irs. C2 tion is bOllT'.ci 11[ ::J. rubber bell down Dove Linkborn's fAther--his mother is not mentioned--is A fundamentalist oreacher ana. a 1001. ha f: no respect or 8.fr'ection for him. ment~l comr.:jt:ted to a ~~11'~""pnt ," ~ • • • . • • -<'~ hn"c nf '''J''', 'T'J.111es ::-:Y''':? ; n ~ institutio:1. ~Jevpr L' ~t·:··te of rn~p ~ n ••• Sonia Dove ~lHrbur(1"':- mother-- Tts D::'.rent!':' of t:.:.:? M~~n~r:r _.v • . . ' 9 a~p .'.::: h".",-.Y'~_l".,~ - " ..• ~".• o._"."tl'.n"_." .. n. ~", _. :i-:;terioration, dec3.y, one. r:1i 2~ "- ?~ 2~~PJrnncp."-~ Th~ 21~10~cent, E81den Caulfield foY' exa~~le) 22Al:re~, Never ~0me Morning, ~. 31 ')";l -..JIh::d., r. ?8 1j-. 243ello;", ......... on. cit., 1"'. ;. • 25~,~pl',~ n H. :\_Sl::'?~'I, W~uests, C:-'.rs, pn.d Key'ouae," Un;ve~s::"t:· 0-:: K2.Y'.S?s ~ Rev;e~'!, 2B:23l-hO (1-':~:rC'b) 1 96?1,:? ~ -----------------,,_.,--_ ... 9 acce~t then; 0es~ise ~ll o~ J. ~. ~~lin[er's the ?!::l."lt '.'!0:,1'1, rp:use i.t, ~~~~2Ctp~~ P.!::} ~e~r T·rit.bd· r01 v! frorr: tt.?6 Hickf' says, "Holden is ""lot reject:ine; rl;t".urit:' hut for a hetter rlodel mor~]s and yet t~~n ~re?ents hi~ elder~ to the Rnd is 1..00Y.:i.ng by 8dole~~p~t ~ d~ture of Rllt I l:il'.:P.rl yon, ;"1.nd the fe1,r times T sa':" yC1.J it was ? ~ind of--relief--from fIl t~0se ot~er, horrihIa recn]e. You i·rere real1.v :1:\ ce to me. 'Y01) didn't hpve t.bat, look in ,rour eV~2. You -iust Acted li.ke :::>. reAJ. sweet; boy .... I~...,8.s 1::ir.ri 0:~rotected from their eyes •••• 2 9 .L\. Qr'}.nwp.lrl (erj.), SaJi nc-er, !~ Crt ti (:".1 ::md Dort!'...:'''-it) (t,T"".] Vort: ?0~;:et RoC'vs,'-n('.:-T962), :?6E <:n:-y :?p1"~g:1?l r· ,.,. llT',,~'pr - sncje~y's ~ - terMS. Ynll're tAH::in[" like') sect.ion m:>n. exactly. But • • ••• ~ section M~n's a nC~Qon th~t t.2kes over A r.1Ass whe1'1 the T'rofessor isn't there or is busv h.qv1 nO' ~ nervous bre;:.krl.own or is Clt the rient,ist or sorru=t,hi 1".[. He' ~ 'lSl_l::>.}J_~T 2 Cr?duQte 1'5tunent or someth-:i 11.[. A-::y,:a:', if it's ,:'1 COVY' ~e i 1'1 Rus~~.qn LiterAture, S2Y, he comes i1"., 4~ ~is JittJ,e hut' o-::-dnvrl''l ('1")1.1;:>,... shirt, .8no stri!,ed t,je, ;:>no st.::3rt:: KY!odrinr- Tllr o enpv f'0r ,~h')l]t n h~l f h011r •••• Thev're p1] ";0 hrilli2~t th",'1T c~'n ~:~rdly o!"en thp4,... ~c1]ths •••• J me~n ~ f ~:rOU~'et l ntQ ;:>n p!,C"'I'11rlent. 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