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Title: the teenage experience personified
Review: Teenagers need parents to push up against. (Adult-mediated) conflict helps teenagers define themselves and come into their own. This classic novel embraces the unique teenage experience of alienation, rebellion and the driving desire for acceptance. Holden is the teen prototype, cynical and sympathetic, wise and self-conscious, hopeful, genuine and desperate. Salinger's prose is elegant, spare and sounds fresh, even today. The timelessness and self-conscious portrayal of this bildungsroman still resonates with students and grown-ups alike. An American literary treasure and a must read for lovers of human narrative.
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