Comparing Teens in Catcher in the Rye, Tears of a Tiger, and Whirligig :: comparison compare contrast essays

  Problem Teens in Catcher in the Rye, Tears of a Tiger, and Whirligig     The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger's novel set in the 1950s, told the  story of sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield. Deciding that he's had enough of  Pencey, his fourth school that he'd failed, he goes to Manhattan three days  before his scheduled return to home, not wanting to inform his parents that he'd  been expelled and sent back. He explores the city, calls up some old friends,  gets nicked by the elevator operator, and gradually becomes bitter about the  world and people. He then visited his sister Phoebe. After fleeing from the  house of Mr. Antolini, his former English teacher, because of mistaking his  actions for a homosexual overture, Holden went to Phoebe's school and sent her a  note telling her he was leaving home and to meet him at the museum. When Phoebe  arrived, Holden angrily refused her request to take her with him and she ignored  to speak to him. He then took her across the park to a carousel, bought her a  ticket and watched her ride.