I don't exactly see too many connections between
Catcher in the Rye and Iron Man, so I'll go with
Juno here.
- Both the novel
Catcher in the Rye and the film Juno are
examples of the bildungsroman (coming-of-age) genre in which two
teenagers enter the adult world. - Holden reluctantly
enters the adult world and complains about it throughout the novel. He calls most
adults and teens "phonies," because they are materialistic and obsessed with
status. - Juno is forced to enter the adult world through
her pregnancy. She is much more mature than Holden, using lighter sarcasm in her
dealing with adults. In fact, she "falls" for an adult, Mark (Jason Batemen). She is,
however, betrayed by him because he dissolves the marriage and prospective adoption.
Nonetheless, she still trusts the adult world, namely Vanessa (Jennifer Garner), enough
to uphold the adoption. - Whereas Holden is reluctant to
have sex with Sonny and other girls like Jane, Juno willingly enters into her sexual
relationship with Bleeker (Michael Cera). In fact, they stay together even after the
baby is born. Such attitudes suggest much more openness to sex as a result of the
sexual and feminine revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s. Catcher, obviously, is set
before then and the society is, therefore, much more conservative about sexual
mores. - Holden's parents never appear in the novel. His
relationship is strained: they send him away to school. Juno lives with and is
supported by her parents. Although not opposed to abortion, they trust her to entrust
the baby with a loving family. Her mother, for example, take her to the ultrasound
appointment. - Both works are comedies and use verbal irony
throughout (sarcasm, overstatement, understatement.) In Juno, it's light parody
(Horatian):
Your parents are probably wondering where you
are.
Nah... I mean, I'm already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans
could I get into?
In
Catcher, it's much more angry and pointed satire
(Juvenalian):
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I mean most girls are so dumb and all. After you
neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing their
brains. You take a girl when she really gets passionate, she just hasn't any
brains.
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