According to Aristotle, “Man is by nature a social animal” (Aristotle 5). We all need people around us to overcome our problems with their help and support. Holden Caulfield, from The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger and Angela Chase, from TV series called My So-Called Life, both are teenagers in high school. Holden and Angela both have family relationship problems, how they try to overcome their problems is what differs Angela from Holden.
Angela has problems with her parents about how they don’t understand her, in the same manner Holden has problems with his parents about how they neglect him. Angela’s problems with her parents start to appear more, as she grows up. She indicates that she had a good relationship with her father when …show more content…
Angela cannot have strong relationship with her family, she starts to have close friends, who she tries to find happiness with. There is an invisible wall between Angela and her family. That’s why she chooses to try to overcome her problems with the support of her friends. She makes new friends, as she grows up. She takes the suggestions of her friends, however, she doesn’t think about them deeply; she admits the all suggestions of her friends, so she starts to do things she actually doesn’t want to do. For instance, there is a gossip about her that she had sex with Jordan Catalano. It actually makes her uncomfortable, she thinks about it for long times. However, she listens her friends, and says Jordan Catalano that she is okay with that gossip. In short, she starts to lose her own personality as she starts to be dependent to her friends, who generally are not …show more content…
“I spent the whole night necking with a terrible phony named Anne Louise Sherman” (Salinger 34), Holden describes his one night. Another time, for someone else, “ She was quite a little phony” (Salinger 57), he says. He is never pleased to have people around him, and always describes the people with their bad characteristics. Even about Ackley, Holden says that he never brushes his teeth, and has a “terrible personality”. Because of that he cannot find a person who is not phony, he never gets close with anyone. As a result, he is always alone, and he cannot get support of the people around him, so he sees a psychoanalyst to overcome his
Angela has problems with her parents about how they don’t understand her, in the same manner Holden has problems with his parents about how they neglect him. Angela’s problems with her parents start to appear more, as she grows up. She indicates that she had a good relationship with her father when …show more content…
Angela cannot have strong relationship with her family, she starts to have close friends, who she tries to find happiness with. There is an invisible wall between Angela and her family. That’s why she chooses to try to overcome her problems with the support of her friends. She makes new friends, as she grows up. She takes the suggestions of her friends, however, she doesn’t think about them deeply; she admits the all suggestions of her friends, so she starts to do things she actually doesn’t want to do. For instance, there is a gossip about her that she had sex with Jordan Catalano. It actually makes her uncomfortable, she thinks about it for long times. However, she listens her friends, and says Jordan Catalano that she is okay with that gossip. In short, she starts to lose her own personality as she starts to be dependent to her friends, who generally are not …show more content…
“I spent the whole night necking with a terrible phony named Anne Louise Sherman” (Salinger 34), Holden describes his one night. Another time, for someone else, “ She was quite a little phony” (Salinger 57), he says. He is never pleased to have people around him, and always describes the people with their bad characteristics. Even about Ackley, Holden says that he never brushes his teeth, and has a “terrible personality”. Because of that he cannot find a person who is not phony, he never gets close with anyone. As a result, he is always alone, and he cannot get support of the people around him, so he sees a psychoanalyst to overcome his