Teen angst, the transitional stage between childhood and adulthood, is a very popular subject in many mediums of modern entertainment. A few of the first times we saw teen angst in entertainment were in the book Catcher in the Rye and the movie Rebel Without a Cause. Jim Stark from the 1950's film Rebel without a Cause, and Holden Caulfield, from the 1950's novel The Catcher in the Rye, and are both the teenage main characters in both of the stories. Holden and Jim can relate as they both have trouble with transitioning from childhood innocence to adulthood, but how they both deal with their integrity is the key that makes their stories different. As Jim Stark and Holden Caulfield’s stories lead them on two separate journeys, there integrity becomes an underlying factor to how they act. It seems to matter to both characters that they continue to be a respectable person and also to cover up their thoughts of staying innocent by acting "grown up". For example, in the beginning of the movie when Jim talks to the sheriff, the sheriff immediately tells him that he had a good start in the wrong direction by beating a kid up. Jim defends himself by telling the sheriff that the kid called him a chicken. Jim feels that he needs to be tough and act "grown up". Jim felt the same as Holden did when he punched Stradlater after he insulted the paper he wrote for him about his dead younger brother's baseball glove. Jim and Hold both seem to have similar conflicts in their lives regarding the lack of a role model figure. Both of the characters attempt to find answers to their problems by asking adults. For example, in one important scene Jim yells at his dad to try to get him tell him what to do, but he gets nothing out of him. Jim's father is not the role model Jim needs or wants, and he has no one else to guide him. As both characters make their way through each of the plots, they find themselves in bigger problems and without answers. Integrit