What is the purpose of teenage rebellion? The initial purpose of teenage rebellion is for young adults to show their independence from their parents and authority. Adolescence is a time between being a child and an adult. People speak to you like an adult, and don 't treat you with respect, but you 're supposed to hold your tongue and be respectful because youre “a kid”. The most common phrase used during this time is “nobody understands me”. Every teenager is experiencing this whirlwind of emotions; physical changes and relationships can make it difficult to sort everything out and find out who they truly are. Needless to say another purpose is so teenagers have time to figure out their place in their life and find themselves. But most …show more content…
To show that they make their own decisions despite what their parents or teachers say. In the article “The Existential Anguish of the Tattoo” by Dan Brooks, Dan speaks on the topic of tattoos and how they were a symbol of independence for his generation. “To be tattooed was to declare that you would no longer rely on strangers good will.”(Brooks 1) Having a tattoo showed people that you didn’t need their handouts or well wishes. It was a symbol of badassery and told people that you were going to do whatever you wanted no matter what they thought. In “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D Salinger, Holden feels like his parents and some of the people around him don’t understand him. “Everybody says that, especially my father. Its partly true, but it isn’t all true. People always think something 's all true. I don’t give a damn, except that I get bored sometimes when I act my age. Sometimes I act a lot older than I am- I really do- but people never notice it. People never notice anything.”(Salinger 9) Right now, Holden is struggling to find balance between taking the responsibility of people his age while still having fun and enjoying being