ovies. Music had also changed and teenagers were very fond of a new type of music known as Rock And Roll. Bill Haley and his band was just one group that caused a stir among the elders as to what was respectable, and banned Haley's movie as well as his record from jukeboxes. This was the first measure that elders took to "save the children", from destroying their values. However, the media with magazines, radio, television and the movies fueled the ideas of being a teenager. One popular song of this time was "All Shook Up" by Elvis Presley that seems to symbolize this time in history. One author J.D. Salinger wrote his first novel during this time and added to the controversy by his writing style. Salinger chose to write his novel in the first person, told by a seventeen year old boy named Holden Caulfield. Throughout the novel, Holden uses foul language, discussed sexual matter, and rejects the traditional American ideas (Whitfield) .
             "If you were a loser in High school , or your peers were a bunch of prep school phonies and you were mad at the whole world "crumby" world chances are that somehow you got your hands on a copy of the "Catcher in the Rye" (qtd in Guinn). Holden Caulfield spends his Christmas vacation by wondering around New York. He can't find any sort of fulfillment by his teenager efforts. He is Lonely, bewildered, confused and stubborn with a certain kind of insight and wisdom (Burger). He is a perfect portrayal of a teenager. Those who don't pass him by in their high school reading are drawn to him. Holden has the same insecurities and is caught up in himself (Guinn). Many see themselves as a Holden Caulfied and many hate the idea of that stereotype. When Shaw de Loache a honor graduate from Centennial High School in Roswell was interviewed he agreed that truly everyone can somehow identify with the character (Weaver). This reason defends why it ...