FREE ESSAY ON THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE REBELS

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE REBELS

The Catcher In The Rye, and Rebel Without A Cause were two very distinct stories, with the
same meaning. In this, they have many differences, yet also many similarities. Jimmie in
the Rebel Without a Cause had a family that was trying to be a part of his life, while
Holden, from The Catcher In The Rye, had a family that shipped him off to different
schools whenever he messed up, and were never really there for him. They both felt their
families did not understand them. Holden and Jimmie had very different environments, yet
some what alike backgrounds. 
In The Rebel Without a Cause, Jimmie had moved from town to town with his family, because
of problems he had. His family thought they could run away from the reality that he
needed help. They tried to stick by him when he was in trouble, but he usually pushed
away from them. Unlike Holden's family, who felt that pushing him farther away would be
better for him and themselves. Holden needed his family, the farther away he was, the
more phoney he thought them to be. Holden got kicked out of every high school he went to,
yet they still continued to ship him off over and over. His parents were never there for
him, unlike Jimmies, who were smothering him.
Although Jimmies family offered him the love and support he needed, Jimmie continued to
screw up and just get angrier. Jimmie saw what was going on in his household, and he did
not like it. The father never stood up for himself, and Jimmie knew that they did not
understand him. As for Holden, he was never around for the parents to get the chance to
know him. A clear example of this, is when Holden's mother sends him a pair of ice skates
he really wanted. Holden notices that they are the wrong kind, he told his mother
specifically which kind he wanted, yet she still got him the wrong kind. From that, he
knew that his parents didn't understand him. 
Holden had a background of flunking school, and not caring about things. One of the
people he cared about most in his life had died, and Holden still was not over that. He
didn't want to get disappointed again and go through that. Jimmie also got in trouble a
lot, not by flunking school, but he got in trouble by hurting other people. Both of them
just didn't want to care. Their environments were different therefore they had different
reasons for turning out the way they did. 
In conclusion, they have many differences, yet also many similarities. Jimmie had a
family that was trying to be a part of his life, while Holden had a family that shipped
him off to different schools whenever he messed up. They were never really there for him.
They both felt their families did not understand them. Holden and Jimmie had very
different environments, yet some what alike backgrounds.